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The rec.toys.lego Roll Call is an unscientific, unofficial survey first posted to the Usenet newsgroup rec.toys.lego in early 1995 and periodically reposted. Below is a listing of responses to this survey in approximate chronological order.
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From: oremb@skydivskylit.dseg.ti.com () Reply-To: oremb@lobby.ti.com Date: Fri, 6 Jan 1995 15:05:46 GMT Name: Bonnie Orem & Bobby Orem Age: 32 3 M.S.: Married Kids: See Name Employment: Software Design Engineer Number of Sets in Collection: 8 (we just started 12/25/94) Number of Pieces: Unknown Oldest Set: 1990 Black Monarch's Ghost (P.S. TRU in Plano, TX still has most of the ones on Jeff's list that are marked as not in the 1995 catalog) Favorite Themes: Castle Favorite Set in Collection: Wolf Pack Renegades (the hidden treasure cache is way cool!)
From: 23253mgr@ibm.msu.edu (Kevin Forsyth)
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 1995 11:58 EDT
Name: Kevin S. Forsyth
Age: 25
M.S.: Single
Kids: 0 humans, 3 cats
Employment: Systems Analyst in College of Social Sci., Michigan State U.
Number of Sets in Collection: ~60
Number of Pieces: Unknown
Oldest Sets: 1973 (#420 Police Car, #570 Fire House, #710 Wrecker w/ Car,
#221 Idea Book)
Favorite Themes: Pirates (except Islanders), Technic
Favorite Set in Collection: not a set, it's a blue Futuron spaceman, standing
on a crater plate, reaching out to touch a black 1x4x9 monolith.
Also, #8868 (ATCR) in garbage truck form.
From: marpi0591@aol.com (MarPi0591) Date: 6 Jan 1995 12:57:18 -0500 Reply-To: marpi0591@aol.com (MarPi0591) Name: Mario Valdes-Lora Age: 30 M.S.: Married Kids: 1 2/9 Employment: Attorney Number of sets in collection: 50~60 Number of pieces: No idea Oldest Set: 6010 (Supply Wagon) ca. 1984 Favorite Themes: Castle, Pirates Favorite Sets: 6085 (Black Monarch's Castle); Load'n Haul Railroad
From: gt5471a@prism.gatech.edu (Matthew David Cowley) Date: 6 Jan 1995 15:51:12 -0500 Name: Matthew D. Cowley Age: 18 M.S.: Single Kids: What? I am a kid Employment: College Student, Georgia Tech Number of Sets in Collection: 20+ Number of Pieces: Never added 'em up Oldest Set: No idea! (I'm not the collector type, I just love to play) Favorite Themes: Space and Technic Favorite Set in Collection: All of 'em!!!! Just wanted to tell everybody that even at age 18, the cashiers look at me funny. You're not alone...! Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 Internet: gt5471a@prism.gatech.edu
From: scotto@spasm.cica.indiana.edu (Scott Ostrander) Date: 6 Jan 1995 16:16:10 -0500 Reply-To: scotto@cica.indiana.edu Name: Scott Ostrander Age: 29 M.S.: Single Kids: No thank you Employment: Systems Administration Number of Sets in Collection: Unknown, who keeps track of that anyway? Number of Pieces: Unknown Oldest Set: 1993 - Gave older bricks to 2nd-cousin three years ago Favorite Themes: Castle Favorite Set in Collection: None
From: vrparent@mailbox.syr.edu (Victor)
Date: 6 Jan 1995 19:40:49 GMT
Name: Victor Parente
Age: 24
Employment: Computer Engineer, Grad. student in Education, Teacher
Number of sets: about 50
Number of pieces: ? (Almost 50 Lego people in space suits!)
Oldest Sets: I think it is called the "Universal Building Set" - It was
the first motorized set every sold in the US back in the
mid-70's
Favorite Themes: Technic / Dacta Technic
Favorite Sets: all of the helicopter sets.
From: ivanlan@bones.et.byu.edu (Ivan Van Laningham) Date: 6 Jan 95 17:00:09 Name: Ivan Van Laningham Age: 48 M.S.: Married Kids: 3 cats Employment: GUI Programmer (X-Motif-Windows-OS/2...) Number of Sets in Collection: hundreds Number of Pieces: thousands Oldest Set: ~1963--one of the early samsonite kits, #760 (???) Favorite Themes: Trains, Town Favorite Set in Collection: 4564, the brand-new yellow-engined train set. Been collecting since: 1989 (and they didn't have lego when i was a kid) I Live in Salt Lake City, not Provo....BYU is only where i have my internet access.
From: dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter) Date: Sat, 7 Jan 1995 01:34:02 GMT Name: Dik T. Winter Age: 49 (nearly 50) M.S.: Married Kids: two, 14 and 11. Employment: Scientific research, programmer, system maintenance. Number of Sets in Collection: unknown Number of Pieces: unknown Oldest Set: about 1976; train sets, London double decker bus. alas, my brother has the 1960 VW dealer. Favorite Themes: town Favorite Set in Collection: not applicable -- dik t. winter, cwi, kruislaan 413, 1098 sj amsterdam, nederland, +31205924098 home: bovenover 215, 1025 jn amsterdam, nederland; e-mail: dik@cwi.nl
From: Michon@ix.netcom.com (Ted Michon) Date: 6 Jan 1995 22:01:27 GMT Name: Ted Michon Age: 42 M.S.: Married Kids: Thomas age 7 (US national LEGO champion; 1992 LEGO World Cup winner) David age 4 Both are full time LEGO builders Employment: President, Imagination Technology Corporation (electrical engineer) Number of Sets in Collection: 300+ Number of Pieces: 50,000+ Oldest Set: One circa 1976 (pneumatic), all others since 1990 Favorite Themes: Trains (according to Thomas and David) Favorite Set in Collection: Spyrius Monorail (according to Thomas) Biggest project: 3500 brick house on display at national headquarters of Homedco (Fountain Valley, CA) -- Ted Michon Imagination Technology Corporation michon@ix.netcom.com Irvine, CA
From: Jami Stewart <ivars@u.washington.edu> Date: Fri, 6 Jan 1995 18:41:11 -0800 Name: Jami Stewart Age: 26 M.S.: Single, but a parent :) Kid: Chris, 6. Employment: Student @ U WA Number of Sets: 20+ Number of Pieces: (Aargh, why did you ask? Now I want to count them) ? Oldest: ? Favorite: No specific set, but I like Castle, *Aquatron*. My son likes space space space. We fight over the pieces, he even wants to use Castle pieces for space (blasphamy). (No flames, I can't spell blasphamy right, the dictionary is holding up a bed).
From: scott.dawson@canrem.com (Scott Dawson) Date: Fri, 6 Jan 95 21:01:00 -0500 Name: Scott Robert Dawson AGE: 31 LOCATION: Greater Metropolitan Toronto OCCUPATION AND HOBBIES: Programmer, ATE technologist, PC board repair, animation (computer and classical), drawing, architecture and science fiction (clearly a candidate for Legomania) NUMBER OF SETS: Unknown. Bulk of Lego collection dates from before 1980, with recent additions after 1990 NUMBER OF PIECES: Unknown... (I suppose I could weigh them) GENERAL OUTLOOK: I am not so much drawn by the desire to build the pre-defined models, so my collection is not broken out into its original sets. Rather, everything joins together for new and greater creations.
From: jharms@interserv.com Date: 7 Jan 1995 02:53:24 GMT Name: John Harms Age: 29 M.S.: Single Kids: Nope Employment: DTP/PC whiz kid at US State Dept. Number of Sets in Collection: 100+ Number of Pieces: Unknown (fill 6 big Rubbermaid tubs) Oldest Set: Universal set from late 60s-early 70s: also have a pre-Duplo set of BIG (2"x5") 2x4 bricks===Mom throws nothing out Favorite Themes: Space, Model Team, & Technic Favorite Set in Collection: Any set with lots of wing sections Claim to LEGO fame (according to my girlfriend): Had a piece stuck in my ear for three days. A doctor had to get it out. I was 26 at the time.
From: brianste@gpu2.srv.ualberta.ca (Brian Sterenberg) Date: 7 Jan 1995 02:45:27 GMT Name: Brian Sterenberg Age: 25 M.S.: Single Kids: I hope not Employment: Graduate Student Number of Sets in Colection: about 20 Number of Pieces: Good question Oldest Set: A small very basic set of unknown vintage (1974?) Favourite Theme: Technic! Technic! (Model Team is nice too) Favourite Set in Collection: 856 Technic Bulldozer (This is Canadian #, American # is different) What I desperately Want But Can't Afford (especially if I'm going to get that 4 more MB ram): AirTech Claw Rig!
From: tonyw@erinet.com (Tony Worthington)
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 1995 22:37:16 EST
Name: Tony Worthington
Age: 19
M.S.: Single
Kids: Not for a while.
Employment: Network Admin.
Number of Sets in Collection: 42
Number of Pieces: Haven't added it up yet...
Oldest Set: My loving mother sold my old LEGOS while I was on vacation.
<argh>
Favorite Themes: Trains/TownFavorite Set in Collection: Any
trains...
From: unar2@sfa.ope.ed.gov (Andy Rosulek)
Date: 6 Jan 1995 21:53:40 -0600
Name: Mike James Rosulek
Age: 13
M.S.: Single, yet eligible!!
Kids: 1 pet cat.
Employment: Full-time genius, Full-time babe-magnet!! (life is tough,
ain't it?)
Number of Sets in Collection: 50 - 70 (at least 50, I counted!)
Number of Pieces: between 2,000 and 384,036
Oldest Set: 1982-3?? Probably a Basic set: just bricks, maybe Duplo
Favorite Themes: Technic, Model Team, Space
Favorite Set in Collection: Super Car (8880), SR-71, F-16, S.S. Rosulek
(last 3 are designed by me)
From: merritt@u.washington.edu (Ethan A Merritt) Date: 7 Jan 1995 05:53:04 GMT Reply-To: merritt@u.washington.edu (Ethan A Merritt) Name: Ethan Merritt Age: 42 Married?: yep, and my wife's Lego collection is even older than mine (she'll check in separately) Kids: Loren (9) - was head-over-heels into Lego until Magic card mania hit this summer. Employment: Research Faculty (Biological Structure) Number of Sets in Collection: who counts? It's not a collection, it's a toy, er.. tool, er... inspiration Number of Pieces: see above Oldest Set: circa 1962, dunno the set number - large town set with lots of matchbox-sized VW bugs, ESSO trucks, big emphasis on working garage doors. circa 1963, big gears (maybe set #002???). Mostly bought 'em by the bag in those days, not by the set. Claim to Fame: Recent public lecture entitled "Lego block toxins" (no, it wasn't about toxic Lego! It was about how some bacterial toxins seem to mix-and-match pieces as if they were made up of molecular Lego blocks.)
From: etb@netcom.com (Elam Birnbaum) Date: Sat, 7 Jan 1995 06:14:01 GMT Name: Elam Birnbaum Age: 23 M.S.: Single Kids: Not yet, but eventually. Employment: Manufacturing Engineer Number of Sets in Collection: Hundreds Number of Pieces in Collection: Around 26,000 (I have the exact number somewhere... My Mom and I counted all my LEGO, even itemized each into type and color!) Oldest Set: Don't remember, I was 2 at the time! Probably some basic set my Dad got me when we visited Holland. Favorite Themes: Castle and Space Favorite Set: There was a space set of a white and blue spaceship with many laser cannons in front and two detachable pods. Really cool! Best LEGO project: I built a castle, the surrounding charred badlands, and an entire mountainous region (where the robin hood people lived) and a sea shore (where the pirates landed). Also built a detailed castle, complete with escape route for the king and queen, several secret treasure rooms with booby traps, two gladiator arenas, and a pair of portcullis' (sp?) and a thick sliding wall that all together, NO army could possible penetrate! Its all in pieces now, though. :'( My cousin the architect and I are planning an incredible project some time in the near future!
From: dsmall@media.mit.edu (David Small) Date: Sat, 7 Jan 1995 15:17:05 GMT Name: David Small Age: 29 M.S.: boyfriend Kids: I wish Employment: PhD student (MIT Media Lab) Number of Sets in Collection: 100? Number of Pieces: unkown, but I've got a 4'x8' table completely covered - town, two levels of trains and a two-foot mountain with waterfall, plus Neptune Discovery Lab and some Aquanauts under the table Oldest Set: plain bricks from the 70's. Never saved those boxes or instructions (stupid me) Favorite Themes: trains and town Favorite Set in Collection: Super Car URL: http://dsmall.www.media.mit.edu/people/dsmall/ David Small work:617/253-4406 MIT Media Lab email:dsmall@media.mit.edu Cambridge, Mass "please to enjoy"
From: ben@ins.infonet.net (Ben Sinclair) Date: Sat, 7 Jan 1995 11:37:24 UNDEFINED Name: Ben Sinclair Age: 16 M.S.: I don't think so. :) Kids: Yeah, right Employment: Student Number of Sets in Collection: zillions Number of Pieces: zillions^2 Oldest Set: Maybe that old Exxon gas station? Favorite Themes: Town and Space..Aquazone! :) Favorite Set in Collection: Hmm...
From: jlanders@phakt.usc.edu (Jami Lynn Anderson) Date: 7 Jan 1995 11:22:09 -0800 Name: Jami Anderson Age: 27 M.S.: Married Kids: 4 cats Employment: graduate student (for not much longer!), teaching instructor Number of Sets in Collection: dozens Number of Pieces: probably more than I would like to admit to my husband Oldest Set: Camouflaged Outpost Favorite Themes: Castle (Forest People specifically), trains (Metroliner) Favorite Set in Collection: Guarded Inn
From: tpepper@harp.aix.calpoly.edu (Timothy Charles Pepper (Wintermute))
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 1995 21:23:22 GMT
Name: Tim Pepper
Age: 19
M.S.: Single
Kids: none
"Occupation": computer engineering student
# Sets: about 50(normally all mixed in a big box, but I put them all
together over Christmas and took pictures..any suggestions where to
post theseonce digitized?)
# Pieces: good question...any suggestions for a way to sort/count them?
First Sets: 5th birthday I got the Alpha-1 Rocket Base #483 (1979) and
the expert builder helicopter #8840 (1981)
Oldest Sets: #483 above, old knights procession, and a little blue garage
w/ tow truck
Favorite Set: hmmm tough choice..probably one I never got..like a yellow
Technic plane in the late 80's
Favorite Theme: I mainly have older town, castle and space..none of the
newer ones really. I liked the forest men, and like the pirates,
but castle and space are probably my fav.'s
From: guido@megamed.com Date: 7 Jan 1995 22:26:26 GMT Reply-To: pcguido@megamed.com Name: Tim Cava Age: 12 M.S.: Single Kids: None (I do have a cat though) Employment: Student at Sunnyvale Middle School Number of Sets in Collection: 40 Number of Pieces: Unknown Oldest Set: Not sure, I do have some castle stuff from the mid 80's Favorite Themes: Technic Favorite Set in Collection: Super Car
From: blalock@aol.com (Blalock) Date: 7 Jan 1995 17:30:55 -0500 Reply-To: blalock@aol.com (Blalock) Name: Sherri Blalock Age: 29 again (OK 31) M.S.: Married Kids: 1 Cat Employment: Electrical Engineer Number of Sets in Colection: 150 + Number of Pieces: Have no idea Oldest Set: basic building set circa early '70s Favourite Theme: Technic Favourite Set in Collection: Control Lab
From: coulter@fas.harvard.edu (Shelly Coulter) Date: 8 Jan 1995 02:08:30 GMT Name: Shelly Coulter Age: 30ish Long-time lurker, occasional poster: M.S.: Single Kids: None but a couple of god-children Employment: Researcher/Financial Analyst Number of sets in collection: embarassing low Number of pieces: No idea; embarassing low Favorite Themes: Space, pirates Favorite Sets: love those crocodiles
From: wijsman@max.u.washington.edu
Date: 7 Jan 95 18:44:50 PST
Name: Ellen Wijsman
Age: 40
M.S.: Married
Kids: Loren age 9 (already accounted for elsewhere in survey)
Employment: Research Associate Professor, Medical Genetics and
Biostatistics, Univ. of Washington
Number of Sets in Collection: Who knows? The early collections didn't
come in "sets" - just boxes of blocks
Number of Pieces: Unknown
Oldest Set: 1957 - basic blocks (yes, that is right - last survey I think
I had the record for the oldest lego! I got my first at age 3)
Favorite Themes: Space lego, architecture (not that there is much),
castles
Favorite Set in Collection: Hard to say. I don't keep track of sets.
From: chiner@quark.gmi.edu (Chris Hiner) Date: 8 Jan 1995 03:18:27 GMT Name: Chris Hiner Age: 22 M.S.: engaged, to be married in august Kids: Hopefully not (then I'd hafta share my Lego!) Employment: Programming Voice Response/Fax systems Number of Sets in Collection: I have no idea... Number of Pieces: Lesse... 2 milk crates, 2 xerox paper cases Oldest Set: Not sure of the year or #, but I seem to remember a double decker bus, with something like a "Read The Legoland Times" sticker on it. Favorite Theme: Technic Favorite Set in Collection: Auto Chassis... (and anything in the new pnumatics) How do you get rid of cat fur in your Lego collection?
From: RIDLONCA98%CS13%usafa@cadetmail2.usafa.af.mil (Chris "Airwolf" Ridlon) Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 03:41:08 GMT Name: Chris Ridlon Age: 18 M.S.: Single Kids: At this age? ;) Employment: Cadet at US Air Force Academy Number of Sets in Collection: 300+ Number of Pieces: Too many to count. . . Oldest Set: 1977? Police Command Van with the older mini-figs- they had no arms and a leg that was all one piece, and no faces. Favorite Themes: Town (Flight) and Space Favorite Set in Collection: The Airport Monorail or maybe one of the really old spaceships- the ones that were all grey with lots of rocket engine pieces. ;) Also, every hook-n-ladder Lego has put out.
From: maguirer@HERCULES.CS.UREGINA.CA (Rob Maguire) Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 03:27:52 GMT Name: Bob Maguire Age: 18 M.S.: Divorced...just kidding! Single Kids: Not that I know of...No Employment: University Student (UofR, Sask., Canada) Number of Sets in Collection: 40-50 (haven't counted...rough guess) Number of Pieces: hmmm...good question Oldest Set: That really small cop car (smaller than the fig!) Favorite Themes: Castle!!! Space in my earlier days... Favorite Set in Collection: Fully Complete: 6086 Black Knight's Castle Various pieces missing: 6980 Space Command Ship Only a few pieces remaing: 6075 Yellow Castle (Destroyed it as a kid, who said innocence is bliss?!?)
From: George Lawrence <glawrence@symantec.com>
Date: 8 Jan 1995 05:52:45 GMT
Name: George Lawrence
Age: 28
M.S.: Married
Kids: 1 (Ashley, 1.5 years old)
Employ: Software Engineer (Norton Utilities)
Number of Sets/Pieces in Collection:
No possible clue, but my collection fills a 30 gallon trash can
and weighs about 50 pounds.
Oldest Set:
Some kind of wheels and gears set from the late 60's
Favorite Themes/Sets:
Lego monorails, Lego trains, Duplo trains
From: carol@alaska.net (Carol)
Date: Sun, 08 Jan 1995 00:11:54 -0800
Name: Andrew Carol
Age: 31
M.S.: Single
Kids: Virtual cat (That's a cat I don't own, yet)
Employment: Computer programmer/Analyst for DoD in Alaska
Number of Sets in Collection: 25+
Number of Pieces: 5,000+
Oldest Set: Parts of sets from early 70's (Mailed from home)
Favorite Themes: Technic/Dacta Technic
Favorite Set in Collection: Homebuilt robots running on Dacta
Lego Control Lab via my Macintosh.
carol@alaska.net carol@ctis.af.mil 71350.3646@compuserve.com
From: wombat@noc.tor.hookup.net (Mark Hornblower)
Date: 8 Jan 1995 10:03:12 -0600
Name: Mark Hornblower
Age: 28
M.S.: Single
Kids: None
Employment: Student (again), production manager of weekly newspaper,
freelance programming and graphics guy ...
Number of Sets in Collection: ~50
Number of Pieces: depends on how many the cats have eaten today ...
Oldest Set: Basic Set #911 (1975) - geared towards making factories and
construction sites and stuff - cool!
Favorite Themes: Town, Technic
Favorite Set in Collection: Air Tech Claw Rig
BTW, in case no one else thought of it, I'm saving all the replies so we
can have this valuable reference information for all time ...
| Mark Hornblower
| wombat@hookup.net
From: hunter@indy.net (Chad L. Miller)
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 19:06:27 GMT
Name: Chad L. Miller
Age: 27
M.S.: Married
Kids: Joy 2.5, Haley 1
Employment: Sr. Systems Analyst
Number of Sets in Collection: >70
Number of Pieces: lots
Oldest Set: All the older ones are kept as parts.
Favorite Themes: Space, Space, and Space (maybe Aquazone)
Favorite Set in Collection: Older Space Police light & sound ship
(the name escapes me)
email: hunter@indy.net
(http://hunter.indy.net/ coming soon...)
From: jenoel@icaen.uiowa.edu (James Edward Noel) Date: 8 Jan 1995 19:14:36 GMT Name: Jim Noel Age: 23 M.S.: Married Kids: Zachary, age 3 Employment: Student Number of sets in collection: 100+ Number of pieces: not enough Oldest Set: The Moon Lander from mid 70's Favorite Themes: Town, Castle, Pirate, Technic Favorite set in collection: 6075 Yellow Castle
From: Steve Dettmann <Steve.Dettmann@mixcom.com> Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 20:47:45 GMT Name: Steve Dettmann Age: 36 M.S.: Single Kids: No Employment: CNC turret punch press operator Number of Sets in Collection: 75+ Number of Pieces: Unknown Oldest Set: unknown off hand Favorite Themes: Technic and Space Favorite Set in Collection: Airtech Claw Rig Steve.Dettmann@mixcom.com [The following was added later. --DAK] Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 05:50:28 GMT High School Graduate Waukesha County Tech Inst. Graduate (welding) No College sorry I suppose from what I've read here I'm the only blue collar person here. Oh well.
From: acsrds@myhost.subdomain.domain (Robert Schulz) Date: 8 Jan 1995 23:12:05 GMT Name: Robert Schulz Age: 27 M.S.: Single Kids: 1 cat Employment: Supervisor/Govt. Cable TV Channel Number of Sets in Collection: 100+ I can find instructions too... Number of Pieces: +/- 6 cubic ft. Oldest Sets: early 70's Favorite Themes: Technic/Space/Town Favorite Set in Collection: 455 Learjet (amazing what you can do with a bunch of plates...) - - - - Robert Schulz KC6UDS rdschulz@ucdavis.edu
From: 94226@figmnt.tayloru.edu (STEPHEN OLSON) Date: 8 Jan 95 18:26:07 -0500 Name: Stephen Olson Age: 18 M.S.: Single Kids: None, but I have 9 brothers and sisters... Employment: Freshman at Taylor University Number of Sets: 50+ Number of Pieces: 5000+ Oldest Set: A police van with motorcycle from early 80's; it was a "paddywagon" or something like that... Favorite Theme: TOWN Favorite Set: #6389, Fire Control Center from 1991, I think that it was a European set because I never saw it in the stores...(subject to change because I've ordered the metrostation from S@H.)
From: John Reynolds <torgo@u.washington.edu> Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 16:09:55 -0800 Name: Christopher Ayers Age: 23 M.S.: Unattatched Kids: None yet Employment: Junior, Psychology, Univ. of Washington No. of Sets: 100+ No. of Pieces: I don't know (they're stored in at least five locations) Oldest Set: Police Car, circa 1974 Favorite Themes: Technic, original Space, Aquazone, Trains Favorite Sets: Whirlwind Rescue, Galaxy Explorer, Seaplane (circa 1980)
From: dot130@duke.usask.ca (Don Tse) Date: 9 Jan 1995 00:47:43 GMT Name: Don Tse Age: 23 M.S.: Single Kids: none Employment: Student with 3 months, 6 days, 18 hours to go Number of sets in collection: 70+ Number of pieces: uh... Oldest set: #377 Shell Station (circa 1978) Favorite themes: Model Team, Dragon Masters, Black Knights Favorite set in collection: Whirl N' Wheel Super Truck, Mach II Red Bird Rig
From: gt5367a@prism.gatech.edu (Anthony Michael Zayas)
Date: 8 Jan 1995 21:25:19 -0500
Name: Anthony Zayas
Age: 18
M.S.: Single
Kids: Not yet
Employment: Student (Georgia Tech)
Number of Sets in Collection: 50+
Number of Pieces: Many
Oldest Set: early 80's (Starfleet Voyager space set (I think that's what
it's called))
Favorite Theme(s): Space
Favorite Set(s) in Collection: Big Huge Ice Planet ship (forget the name)
The one mentioned above
Alienator (Blacktron series 1)
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
From: math1ji@menudo.uh.edu (Julie Walker) Date: 9 Jan 1995 00:39:43 -0600 Name: Julie Walker Age: 29 M.S.: Married Kids: 2 cats Employment: Ph.D. student in math and occasional teacher Number of Sets in Collection: 200+ Number of Pieces: Unknown Oldest Set: Basic set from 1979 Favorite Themes: Technic & Model Team Favorite Set in Collection: Super Car
From: Andy Boal <andyb@panda.uiowa.edu>
Date: 9 Jan 1995 13:28:52 GMT
Reply-To: andyb@panda.uiowa.edu
Name: Andy Boal
Age: 22 today!!!
M.S.: Single, but firmly attached and engaged :)
Kids: My fiancee has one :)
Employment: Student - 3rd year Economics and ACcounting at Queen's
University Belfast
Number of Sets in Collection: 100s!
Number of Pieces: Lost count
Oldest Set: I've some pre-ABS bricks from my uncles. Oldest own - c. 1976 :)
Favorite Themes: Town & Railways
Favorite Set in Collection: 7740 High Speed train :) The 1981 original 12v
train.
From: "Morten.Steien" <hda9mst@hda.hydro.com> Date: 9 Jan 1995 14:46:10 GMT Name: Morten A. Steien Age: 33 M.S.: Single Kids: None, that i know of. Employment: Self employed consultant in Windows / Novell Number of Sets in Collection: Most large Technics Number of Pieces: Who knows. Oldest Set: Favorite Themes: I collect only Technics Favorite Set in Collection: Super car. Looking foreward to get my hands on the new 95 set(s).
From: julian@gatwick.Geco-Prakla.slb.com (Julian Fitzherbert) Date: 9 Jan 1995 14:37:26 GMT Reply-To: julian@gatwick.Geco-Prakla.slb.com Name: Julian Fitzherbert Age: 37 M.S.: Married Kids: 1 daughter (3 years) Employment: Geophysicist / Software engineer : Geophysical Consultancy Company Number of sets: Approx 10 (since 1985) Pieces: A drawer full. First lego: 1963 Favourite themes: Aircraft and trains (Lego and Duplo railways)
From: jfiles@hdsc16.ucsd.edu (J Files) Date: 9 Jan 1995 17:52:02 GMT Name: James S Files ["Jim!"] Age: 22 M.S.: Alas, Single. Kids: Do roommates count? Employment: Student, Programmer, some-time LEGO arms dealer. See .sig for more complete information. LOOKING FOR SOMETHING FOR After Graduation! Number of Sets: More than you can possibly imagine. I dunno, I can imagine quite a bit. Ok, how's this, no space left. Have about 40 sets that I had to take apart due to lack of space. Have 19 sets that I haven't even put together yet, including El Dorado Fortress and Enchanted Island. Have LEGO assembled on every available flat surface in my room, thinking about either expanding to the living room or to my office. Number of Pieces: No Clue. Had a count once, but that was about 15 years ago, when it was still a reasonable thing to do. Oldest Set: Red <Fire?> Helicopter, circa 1973, still have collapsed box. Fire truck from same time. One other set as well, with a blue trailer, but don't have the box or the instructions any more, so NO idea what it was. Favourite Theme: Castle [Black Knights, Dragon Master, CLASSIC] Pirates [Pirates, BLUE Imperial Guard] Favourite Set in Collection: Classic Yellow Castle Favorite Item: Green Dragon from Dragon Masters. Viewed in profile, and imagined to be all Red, this could be mistaken for a Red Dragon Sagant, which is pretty cool, since that is part of Beta's crest. Now, if only LEGO would MAKE a red dragon. James S. Files, UCSanDiego '95 M: Computer Science m: Anthropology W: Programmer/Analyst I, Mathematics
From: gwl@ch.hp.com (Glenn Lea) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 1995 18:17:53 GMT Reply-To: Glenn Lea <gwl@ch.hp.com> Name: Glenn Lea Age: 43 M.S.: Married Kids: boy 3, girl 6 Employment: software engineer Education: MS, Psychology, but that was 20 years ago Number of Sets: maybe 20, including the kids' sets Number of Pieces: 3000+ Oldest Set: Blue pneumatic set (8042). Favorite Theme: Town, technics Favorite Set in Collection: the last one I bought (currently Hook and Ladder)
From: bfjev@dopey.cc.utexas.edu (John Eric Voltin)
Date: 9 Jan 1995 12:23:04 -0600
Name: John Eric Voltin
Age: 24
M.S.: Single
Kids: None
Employment: ME graduate student, future archaeologist?
Number of Sets in Collection: ??, 50 (maybe?)
Number of Pieces: approximately 1.0 m^3 (count unknown)
Oldest Set: Unknown, I have several from the late 70's including
a neat fire station with three fire trucks
Favorite Themes: LEGO (since they are all compatible), I do like the
trains very much, though
Favorite Set in Collection: I like them all
The University of Texas at Austin
bfjev@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu Mechanical Engineering Department
Home: (512) 835-6693 Work: (512) 835-3081
From: mtidwell@netcom.com (montgomery f. tidwell) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 1995 19:52:30 GMT Name: Montgomery F. Tidwell Age: 33 M.S.: Married Kids: none yet Employment: Programmer Number of Sets in Collection: Unknown Number of Pieces: Unknown Oldest Set: Basic set from late 60's Favorite Themes: Space Favorite Set in Collection: Space Shuttle from 1992
From: KopfDC%DFP%USAFA@dfmail.usafa.af.mil (Dana C. Kopf) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 1995 21:02:17 GMT Name: dana kopf Age: 28 M.S.: married Kids: 1 cat, note the large # of cat owners in this group! my cat likes to bat the pieces around Employment: usaf Number of Sets in Collection: ~30 Number of Pieces: n, where n is large Oldest Set: 1990 Favorite Themes: space, town Favorite Set in Collection: ? Favorite Thing I have built: a very realistic looking TIE fighter using the octan twin tank transport pieces, complete with TIE pilot, who is getting a new helmet as soon as i get one of those black auquanaut helmets. Thing I want to build when I get enough pieces: you guessed it - a star destroyer! this will take years and lots of $. anyone care to donate lots of white pieces for this project?
From: cdouglas@ice.lakeheadu.ca Date: 9 Jan 1995 19:35:56 GMT Name: Clare Douglas Age: 24 M.S.: single Kids: none (except me) Employment: Psychology student, and p/t swim instructor Number of Sets: about 40 Number of Pieces: 5,000 Oldest Set: I just started collecting last year Favourite Themes: Town Favorite Set in Collection: Pirate ship Best accomplishment is a 1 1/2 foot unicorn
From: talvey@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (Trever Alvey) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 1995 22:07:47 GMT Name: Trevor Alvey Age: 27 M.S.: Singled Kids: 2 cats Employment: Power systems engineer Number of Sets in Collection: ~20 Number of Pieces: Count all those little bits?? No Way! Oldest Set: 1981? Technic Red Tractor with implements Favorite Themes: Technic, Space Favorite Set in Collection: Technic Air Claw Rig
From: "Edward C. Bennett" <edward@rahul.net> Date: 9 Jan 1995 22:48:59 GMT Name: Edward Bennett Age: 33 M.S.: single Kids: none Employment: Software Engineer Number of sets in collection: ~100 Number of pieces: several thousand Oldest set: train set from early 70's Favorite theme: Trains Favorite set in collection: Space Shuttle -- Edward C. Bennett <edward@rahul.net> 415-967-6849
From: janet lasher <janet.lasher@leland.stanford.edu> Date: 9 Jan 1995 23:58:10 GMT Name: Janet Lasher/Julian Kessler Age: 30something/4.25 M.S.: Married/girls are ucky Kids: 1 child 4.25 (just ask him -- we are answering this together) Employment: Systems analyst/software developer/pre-schooler Number of Sets in Colection: I have no idea/lots and lots Number of Pieces: ditto/millions and millions Oldest Set: circa 1990 (my nephew has all my older ones ~1980+) Favourite Theme: Space / castles & town - mostly trains & dragons Favourite Set in Collection: Train station (Julian out voted me) This is Julian's first post. I think he did quite well. There seem to be very few women on the net who are into legos..... interesting.
From: currentd@carleton.edu (Dan Current)
Date: 8 Jan 95 18:22:03 CST
Name: Dan Current
Age : 20
M.S. : nope.
Kids : Just Me, Myslef, and I.
Employment : Lurker, or student, take your pick.
Number of Sets in Collection : Uh, 100+ probably.
Number of Pieces : Between 10 and 10^7.
Oldest Set : First town fire station with the people who had
moving legs and arms...
Favorite Themes : Town
Favorite Set in Collection : My 'Born to Build' LEGO shirt. ;)
currentd@carleton.edu
From: dougk@cray.com (Douglas Koepke {x66558 CF/DEV})
Reply-To: dougk@cray.com
Date: 9 Jan 95 11:51:37 CST
Name: Doug Koepke
Age: 38
M.S.: Married
Kids: Aaron - 11, Nick - 7 ( dad builds, they play)
Employment: Logic Engineer @ Cray Research
Number of sets: Approx 10 major size sets & 25 small ones
Number of Pieces: Close to 10,000. (tried adding up all the numbers on the
boxes)
Oldest stuff: An old set of red & white bricks my parents gave (back" to me.
Favorite Theme: Technic
Fav. Set in collection: Airtech Claw Rig
From: ez020913@monet.ucdavis.edu (Jayson Entao) Date: 10 Jan 1995 01:36:06 GMT Name: Jayson Entao Age: 23 M.S.: Single Kids: 0.0 Employment: Campus computer lab attendant Number of Sets in Colection: 90+ Number of Pieces: Let me count them...1, 2, 3, 4,..(I'll get back to you), 5.. Oldest Set: Galaxy Explorer, 1980. Favourite Theme: Space and Technic. Favourite Set in Collection: Technic Super Car. As soon as it gets thru customs. -- || Jayson Entao || itlm047@ucdavis.edu || jmentao@ucdavis.edu
From: bdurney@uvsc.edu (DR. BRIAN DURNEY) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 01:20:56 GMT Name: Brian Durney Age: 35 M.S.: double Kids: Jessica (5), Alex (4), Jason (-4 months and counting) Employment: Professor in Computer Science at Utah Valley State College Number of sets in collection: ~10 Number of pieces: a couple thousand? Oldest set: not very Favorite theme: Castle Favorite set in collection: Black Knight's Castle Education: PhD in computer science at the University of Oregon, June 94 Location: Orem, Utah Although castles are my favorite theme, I'm going through a space phase and am designing a noncombative role-playing game for my kids. The game is set in the solar system and uses space Legos. I'm interested in any and all games that use Legos and have looked at (but not yet played) Legowars, Plastic Ships and Wooden Men (or is that Plastic Ships and Plastic Men?), etc. Brian Durney bdurney@uvsc.edu krisian@aol.com
From: dcook@maths.adelaide.edu.au (David Cook)
Date: 10 Jan 1995 09:21:22 +1030
Reply-To: dcook@spam.adelaide.edu.au
Name: David Cook
Age: 24
M.S.: Single (recently, <sigh>)
Kids: Distant future maybe
Employment: Assistant Computer Manager in Maths dept., also studying Arts
Number of Sets in Collection: 57 sets of instructions, some others lost.
Number of Pieces: about 11,500
Oldest Set: 394 and/or 396 ('76 or '77 ... not sure exactly)
Favourite Themes: Space, Castle
Favourite Set in Collection: Supercar (8880)
Been to Legoland: Yes ! In July last year. Great fun :)
PS: I have this crazy idea of sitting down one day and building _all_ of the
sets I have instructions for. If someone out there has 394 (a Harley Davidson
motorcycle) or 396 (a steam train) instructions, I'd like to hear from you :-)
--
David T Cook e-mail: dcook@spam.adelaide.edu.au Phone: +61 8 303 5709
Assistant Computer Manager, Stats, Pure and Applied Maths, Adelaide Uni.
From: mckinney@eleceng.ee.queensu.ca (Alexander (Sandy) McKinney)
Date: 9 Jan 1995 22:09:35 GMT
Name: Alexander R. McKinney
Age: 26
M.S.: Single - but have a girlfriend!
Kids: nope
Employment: Graduate Student - Master's in Electrical Engineering
Number of Sets in Collection: ~100
Number of Pieces: Good bloody question... ~13 000?
Oldest Set: early 70's - the multicoloured gear set
Favorite Themes: castle, technics
Favorite Set in Collection: 6672 - Safari truck (I *love* Africa!)
Alexander R. (Sandy) McKinney Electrical Engineering Grad Student
mckinney@eleceng.ee.queensu.ca Queens University
Kingston, Ont., CANADA
From: psw@tauon.ph.unimelb.edu.au (Paul Weiser) Date: 8 Jan 1995 22:22:08 GMT Name: Paul Stephan Weiser Age: 28 M.S.: single Kids: Just one 28 year old :-). Employment: Physics Ph.D. Student (Uni. of Melb., Australia) Number of Sets in Collection: something approaching 1000 Number of Pieces: tens of thousands Oldest Set: ~1965 an old London Taxi and a Universial set. Favorite Themes: Space, Town, Pirate, castle and Technic Favorite Sets: The Space Monorails and all the extra track packs. Been collecting since: 1979 (Mainly Space and Town, Others 2-3 years)
From: mmichel@us.oracle.com (Mark Lance Michel) Date: 10 Jan 1995 14:15:44 GMT Name: Lance Michel Age: 34 M.S.: Divorced (Lego had nothing to do with it.) Kids: None Employment: Technical Consultant for Oracle Inc. Number of Sets in Collection: 15+ Favorite Themes: Technic, Dacta Favorite Set in Collection: Airtech Claw Rig. -- Lance Michel Office Address: Sales Consultant 290 Woodcliff Drive Oracle Corporation Fairport, New York 14450
From: robertsk@tamu.edu Date: 10 Jan 1995 14:55:31 GMT Name: Katherine Roberts Age: 25 M.S.: Married Kids: WHAT?!? And have to share my LEGO! Employment: Expediter for TAMU Number of Sets in Collection: 20 Number of Pieces: Not nearly enough Oldest Set: 1974 (guy in a little truck) Mom hid it for us kids for Christmas years ago, and just found it again. Favorite Themes: Castle! Castle! Castle! (know where I can get any Forestmen?) Favorite Set in Collection: King's Mountain Fortress Claim to LEGO Fame: Took pictures of my real live "dragons" (lovebirds) in and about my castles, then used the vegetable sprayer in the sink to clean off any bird poo. LEGO Goal: Strike it rich at a garage sale and get lots of bricks to build a properly defensable castle.
From: Phil ~Phlash~ Ashby <paa@mround.bt.co.uk>
Date: 10 Jan 1995 17:53:08 GMT
Name: Philip Ashby
Age: 28
M.S.: Married
Kids: Martin 6, Robert 4, Joseph 1
Employment: Professional Software Engineer (paid hacker)
Qual: M.Eng (hons), York University, England
AMIEE.
Number of Sets in Collection: unknown
Number of Pieces: Approx. 5000
Oldest Set: 1975 Police Station (I think, I was only 8-))
Favorite Themes: none (I prefer new design challenges)
Favorite Set in Collection: The newest one (currently the Technics
helicopter / jeep set [8820?])
Phil ~Phlash~ Ashby.
Felixstowe, Suffolk, England.
From: bdelph@pcnet.com (Bill Delphenich) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 95 18:22:06 GMT Name: Bill Delphenich Age: 43 M.S. Married Kids: 1 son (Lego-maniac Jr.) Employment: Architect Number of sets: ? (more than 30) Number of pieces: ? (about 6 red buckets) Favorite theme: Buildings and trains, also Technics _________________________________ William C. Delphenich, Architect bdelph@pcnet.com New Haven, CT USA
From: coverstone@hpl.hp.com (Randy Coverstone) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 17:29:39 GMT Name: Randy Coverstone Age: 40 M.S.: Single Kids: 10,11, & 10year old cat Employment: Engineering Manager Number of Sets in Collection: well over 1000 Number of Pieces: (est) > 200,000 Oldest Set: 1980? universal set Favorite Themes: Technic, Train, Dacta control lab Favorite Set in Collection: All of 'em
From: schmchrj@rtsg.mot.com (Joseph R. Schumacher) Date: 10 Jan 95 23:01:19 GMT Name: Joe Schumacher Age: 33 M.S.: married Kids: Timmy (4, chief legomaniac) and Emily (9 mo) Employment: Engineer Number of Sets in Collection: Number of Pieces: Oldest Set: Favorite Themes: Space, & castle Favorite Sets: Been collecting since: 1973
From: art6@cornell.edu (Alan Turner) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 20:30:33 Name: Alan Turner Landscape architect. Currently does not own any lego Introduced to Lego in Berlin, 1963. Why can't I buy a bunch of 2x8 bricks in a single color anymore? Most missed lego parts: 1x1 bricks printed with letters of the alphabet, including vowels with unlauts.
From: Thomas Boyd <ez048001@peseta.ucdavis.edu> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 09:48:03 -0800 Name: Tom Boyd Age: 30 M.S.: Married Kids: Due June Employment: Grad student, mechanical engineering Number of Sets in Collection: 200+ Number of Pieces: If I only knew... Oldest Set: 005 (big colorful gears and lots of blocks - thanks gram) Favorite Themes: lotsa bricks cheap Favorite Set in Collection: There are no individual sets, they belong to the BORG now
From: hdrake@artax.webo.dg.com (Howard Drake )
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 95 12:57:34 GMT
Name: Howard Drake
Age: 47
M.S.: Married
Kids: Twin girls, 16.
Employment: Software Engineer
Number of Sets in Collection: many
Number of Pieces: More than my wife thinks is necessary, but she still
gave me two new sets for Christmas; one a Paradisa set,
she likes the men waiting on the women.
Oldest Set: Early '70s, automatic opening garage doors.
Favorite Themes: Castle
Favorite Set in Collection: The yellow castle, 6075?
Favorite Thing I have built: Large yellow castle from Bill & Mary book, #6000.
From: wchang@phage.cshl.org (William Chang in Marr Lab) Date: 11 Jan 1995 07:15:17 -0500 Reply-To: wchang@cshl.org Name: William Chang Age: 31 M.S.: Married (soon 10 years) Kids: Arthur, 2 (legoholic) and Sofia, 6 months Employment: Computational biologist (CS PhD) Number of Sets in Collection: Few (not a collector) Number of Pieces: Not enough (but lots of dreaded Tyco for fillers) Oldest Set: Back around 1970... Favorite Themes: Space Favorite Set in Collection: Whichever has unusual pieces Perfer (can only afford) small but elegant designs. Has swing-wing bird glider, horseshoe crab land vehicle, Star Wars inspired ships etc.
From: anw@ssm (Andy Watkins) Date: 11 Jan 1995 13:49:41 GMT Reply-To: awatkins@bt-sys.bt.co.uk Name: Andy Watkins Age: err... 23 M.S.: Engaged (and she got LEGO for Christmas!) Kids: None Employment: Visualisation Programmer for BT Number of Sets in Collection: between 5 and 15 Number of Pieces: Dunno - I timeshare with my brother Oldest Set: Dunno - got first sets in aobut 1975ish Favorite Themes: CASTLE Favorite Set in Collection: (currently) Haunted tower (*) (*) I think the glow-in-the dark ghost is Incredible. I'm a grown man, about to get married, and here I am shining a torch and turning the lights out! (I must be nuts!) _________________ | _ _ _ _ | Andy Watkins LEGO | (_) (_) (_) (_) | awatkins@bt-sys.bt.co.uk It's a | _ _ _ _ | New Toy | (_) (_) (_) (_) | Every |_________________| Left: The Classic 2x4 LEGO Brick (Plan view) Day.
From: peter.gruhn@delta.com (Peter Gruhn) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 05:59:00 -0500 Name: Peter Gruhn Age: 28 M.S.: Single Kids: none "Occupation": programmer # Sets: dunno. 20 # Pieces: some First Sets: Some basic set c 1975 Oldest Sets: ibid. Favorite Set: dunno I'm really keen on my front loader. The newmatic crane just might be a favourite when I get it. I like my Technic n handy lessons for your students set. Favorite Theme:technic town (depending)
From: mike@cs.umd.edu (Mike Steele) Date: 11 Jan 1995 14:07:35 -0500 Name: Mike Steele Age: 20 M.S.: Single Kids: none Employment: Student, part time Unix system administration Number of sets in collection: lost count long ago Number of pieces: billions and billions? :) Oldest set: I have no idea what it was called or what the number was, but it was this set with three of the old-style people with the flexible arms: a mother, daughter, and little boy in a baby carriage. (1977 or '78, I think) Favorite themes: Castle, Space Favorite set in collection: M-Tron Huge Vehicle Thingy, Black Monarch's Castle, Aerial Acrobats -- Mike Steele INET: mike@cs.umd.edu voice: (301)405-2720 Univ. of Maryland Dept. of Comp. Sci. http://www.cs.umd.edu/users/mike
From: altenbur@plains.NoDak.edu (Karl Altenburg) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 18:48:16 GMT Name: Karl Altenburg Age: 28 M.S.: Married Kids: Two Employment: Grad student/computer consultant Number of Sets in Collection: 100+/ plus hundreds of spare parts kits Number of Pieces: Several Thousands Oldest Set: Technic Motor Set from early 80's Favorite Themes: Technic and Duplo Favorite Set: Technic Yellow Front End Loader -- Karl R Altenburg altenbur@plains.NoDak.edu North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105
From: akwong@gundam.Eng.Sun.COM (Anthony Wong)
Date: 11 Jan 1995 19:39:30 GMT
Name: Anthony Wong
Age: 32
M.S.: Married (7.5 yrs)
Kids: Just me
Employment: Electrical Engineer (microprocessors)
Number of Sets in Collection: 30+
Number of Pieces: just the sets
Oldest Set: started collecting 3 years ago
Favorite Themes: Space, Technic
Favorite Set in Collection: Multi Core Magnetizer, any Technic
Location : San Francisco Bay Area
Other: My wife and I are saving up for one of the train sets.
At one time we were thinking of getting LGB, but decided
on Lego trains instead.
From: amy_stoklas-oakes@atk.com (First Last) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 18:11:01 GMT Name: Amy Stoklas-Oakes Age: 26 (in 2 weeks) M.S.: Married (to another LEGO maniac) Kids: 1 cat, 1 dog, 1 27 yr old housemate son (Myles) Employment: Process/Manufacturing Engineer # sets in Collection: Ack!!! (to quote others) ?? # of pieces: ACKKKKK!!! (I may have to actually count them) Oldest Set: 6020 Castle Knights Tournament (1986?) Favorite Themes: Castle Favorite Set: 6074 Knights castle
From: dcaudle@lib.auburn.edu (DANA CAUDLE) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 14:28:50 GMT Name: Dana Caudle Age: 28 M.S.: single Kids: None Employment: Librarian No. of sets: I lost count after 50 No. of pieces: enough to fill two 3-cubic meter boxes Oldest set: Town hospital from the 70's Favorite theme: Castle!! Favorite set: Forestman's River Fortress Best accomplishment: I built a two-story gatehouse for one of my castles that had a drawbridge, portcullis, and gates flanked by two towers.
From: jofickli@nmsu.edu (Joey J. Ficklin) Date: 11 Jan 1995 23:36:48 GMT Name: Jordan Ficklin E-mail address:jofickli@nmsu.edu Age:15 Education:Sophomore at Las Cruces High School Occupation: Yeah right! Number of Sets: ?50+? Number of Pieces: 7 cubic feet Favorite Themes: Town and Technic Oldest Set: A fire station no instructions or set number probably 15 yrs old Favorite Set: Technic 9v motor
From: plusch@harlequin.com (Mike Plusch) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 16:56:39 GMT Name: Mike Plusch Age: 26 M.S.: Engaged Kids: 0 Employment: Product manager for computer languages at Harlequin Number of Sets in Collection: 500 Number of Pieces: about 82,000 Oldest Set: '76/'77 Favourite Themes: Technic, (Paradisa and Bellville because of wierd colors) Favourite Set in Collection: Supercar (8880) Been to Legoland: nope. Things that I build: Robots, moving (walking/rolling/climbing) Lego vehicles, and things with lots of motors. Like to Lego-ize non-Lego components such as sensors, computers, replacement metal parts, powerful motors, gearboxes, remote control, etc.
From: ms3079@ARK.SHIP.EDU Date: 12 Jan 1995 02:21:42 GMT Reply-To: ms3079@ARK.SHIP.EDU Name: Matt Sober Age: 20 Location: Shippensburg Pennsylvania M.S.: Single Kids: none Employment: Student (soon to be 2nd Lt. is US Army) Number of Sets: 35+ Number of Pieces: 20,000+ Oldest Sets: Some of the first Universal Building Sets and the Red Tractor Favorite Theme: Technic and just recently Town and Train Favorite Set: Super Car Favorite Thing I've Built: 4WD truck with steering and the 4wd is engaged and disengaged by pneumatics, its comparable in size to Super Car but does have the fancy peices used in that set for AWD.
From: rarz@access3.digex.net (Rod Arz) Date: 11 Jan 1995 22:13:10 -0500 Name: Rod Arz Age: 16 M.S.: Single Kids: None(thank god) Employment: High School Student Number Of Sets in collection: ~30 Number Of Pieces: about 12 sq. feet Oldest Set: Town set from 1984 Favorite Themes: Technics, Space Favorite Set: 6973: Large Ice Planet 2000 Space Ship -- | Rod Arz rarz@access.digex.net : Nemo rarz@sub-zero.mit.edu
From: J.T.Thorpe <John.Thorpe@ClemsonSC.NCR.COM> Reply-To: John.Thorpe@ClemsonSC.NCR.COM Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 16:10:49 GMT Name: J.T. Thorpe Age: 26 M.S.: Single w/girlfriend Kids: None Employment: Information Systems Consultant Number of sets in collection: 16-17 Number of pieces: Why count them? Oldest set: Modular Space Transport Favorite theme: Castle & Trains Favorite set in collection: do I have to pick one? Education: BS Comp Sci - Queens College 1990 MS Comp Sci - Clemson University 1992 Location: Greenville, SC Rather interesting that my Lego preferences match up with my hobbies consistently..... J.T.Thorpe -- AT&T Global Information Solutions
From: gas@globus.ffi.no (Geir Atle Storhaug) Date: 12 Jan 1995 13:00:49 GMT Reply-To: Geir-Atle.Storhaug@ffi.no (Geir Atle Storhaug) In-reply-to: lzucaro@aol.com's message of 6 Jan 1995 00:30:45 -0500 Name: Geir Atle Storhaug Age: 32 M.S.: Married Kids: 3 (1, 3 and 5 years old) Employment: Scientist Number of Sets in Collection: about 30 sets + about 50 liters of LEGO compatible bricks Number of Pieces: Unknown Oldest Set: ca. 1991 Favorite Themes: Technic Favorite Set in Collection: Air Tech Claw Rig Education: M.Sc 1986 (University of Bergen, NORWAY) -- ____ ___ Geir Atle Storhaug / ____/\ (__ X400 : G=Geir-Atle;S=Storhaug;O=ffi;P=uninett;C=no; \___// \___) RFC : Geir-Atle.Storhaug@ffi.no Phone (office): +47-63-807658 Phone (home): +47-63-838987 Fax:+47-63-807509 Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt, FFI/VM, Postboks 25, N-2007 Kjeller, NORWAY
From: Steven_Berman@transarc.com Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 10:37:39 -0500 Name: Steven Berman Age: 28 M.S.: Married (Lynn) Kids: 5/9 Cats: 2 (Faraday and Grahm) Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Employment: Systems Software Developer Sets in Collection: 18 complete sets + pieces Pieces: Too many too count (Yeah!) Oldest Set: 001 American (Samsonite) Gear Set and 002 4.5 V motor pack Favorite Themes: Technic Universal sets Favorite Set in Collection: #180 Battery GoodsTrain (EUR:~1974-1976) My wife and I are rediscovering Lego (esp, with the recent clearance sales) and I love building with Technic sets. I only rue having allowed my mother to give away the basic building sets I had as a kid. I am currently constructing the "Rug Warrior" lego robot described in the book "Mobile Robots: Inspiration to Implementation" by Joe Jones and Anita Flynn.
From: cryogen@ionet.net (Jon C. Koerber) Date: 12 Jan 1995 19:37:23 GMT Name: Jon Koerber Age: 28 M.S.: Engaged Kids: Adopt if ever Employment: Database Administrator, American Fidelity Corporation Number of Sets in Collection: 12+ Number of Pieces: Approx. 5,500 Oldest Set: 1972 Universal set (For 6th birthday in Tours, France) Favorite Themes: Anything that has moving parts (gears and junk) Favorite Set in Collection: Original technic "car chassis" 2-spd 4cyl
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 12:32:43 CST
From: Namir Gharaibeh <U50879@uicvm.uic.edu>
Yo. Here. I know I'm young, but I'm still growing. As is the collection.
Name: Namir Gharaibeh
Age: 23
M.S.: Single, but taken
Kids: Do cats count?
Employment: IE Student at University of IL at Chicago (last year!)
Number of Sets in Collection: roughly 50+
Number of Pieces: I build with em, not count em.
Oldest Set: A floatable ship circa 1972
Favorite Themes: Technic, and Space (Blacktron)
Favorite Set in Collection: Whirlwind Rescue chopper, and all
the Expert Builder sets.
Lifelong Ambition: To be an industrial engineer at LEGO.
Hey, if anyone's intersted, I took it upon myself to archive all
of these. Once the flow lessens, I'll post it somewhere. It's
big, I mean, BIG. :) Anyone have ideas as to where I can post
it? I may even compile statistics if I get any requests (1).
Keep the pieces! (Keep the peace, peace, pieces? Nevermind.)
| THE SNIPER'S GUILD : a.k.a. Namir Gharaibeh |
| "Proud Advocates of Creative Mayhem" : U50879@uicvm.uic.edu |
| Viscouse P'pello : University of Illinois |
| Chicago Branch, XQ Division : at Chicago |
From: btharp@infi.net (Bruce Tharp) Date: 9 Jan 1995 03:55:32 GMT In article <3eiki5$m6o@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, lzucaro@aol.com (LZucaro) says: Name: Bruce Tharp Age: 38 M.S.: Married Kids: 2 - boy 2.5 yrs, girl 15 months Employment: Owner, Association Management Company Number of Sets in Collection: None - Starting on trains this month Number of Pieces: None Oldest Set: NA Favorite Themes: Trains Favorite Set in Collection: NA
From: Chris Adams <72701.1621@CompuServe.COM> Date: 13 Jan 1995 01:12:03 GMT Name: Chris Adams Age: 30 M.S.: Married Kids: boys 2 & 5 Employment: Software Eng Number Of Sets in collection: alot (placed ad for used LEGO...) Number Of Pieces: box 2'x3'x3' full. Oldest Set: 4.5v trains Favorite Themes: masks Favorite Set: Toolo is my sons' favorites I have constructed 2 LEGO head that my son and I can wear to LEGO build contests in Connecticut. I have tried to get a job at LEGO in Enfield, CT as a LEGO modeler (US LEGO headquarters), but the best I could do is to work for the company that writes the software that LEGO (US and Denmark) uses to design the boxes that LEGO comes in. -- Chris Adams lpoint!adams@urartu.sdpa.org Artios Corp. Maker of Boxmaking CAD/CAM software tools
From: foster@mecho.cray.com (Paul Foster)
Date: 12 Jan 95 21:10:18 CST
Name: Paul Foster
Age: 28
M.S.: yes
Kids: two - 3 and 5 years old
Employment: systems engineer
Number of sets in collection: >100
Number of pieces: Lot (but not enough)
Oldest set: Lunar Lander set (multi-joint arms on people)
Favorite Themes: Technics for me, Town for kids
Favorite Set in Collection: 8862 backhoe and model Team blue/white semi
Location: Chippewa Falls, WI
Best Accomplishment: building three matching size trailers for the
model team semi
Lego peave: the model team tractor trailers each have different hitch
heights that don't make them interchangeable (without mods :)
--
Paul Foster (Foster@no2sun.cray.com) Cray Research, Inc.
From: tubesing@lanl.gov (Phil Tubesing)
Date: 12 Jan 1995 22:32:33 GMT
Name: Phil Tubesing
Age: 27
M.S.: Single
Kids: No
Employment: Operations Engineer
Education: BS Mecahnical Eng, Carnegie-Mellon: MIS Ind Safety, U Minn
Number of Sets in Collection: ~12 Universal, 5 Space, ~20 Technic
Number of Pieces: More than three
Oldest Set: Lost the box along time ago. Universal set from ~1973
Favorite Themes: Technic
Favorite Set in Collection: Pneumatic Forklift
Location : Los Alamos, NM (since 1992)
Other fields: How about, the thing you have on your desk/in your pencil
case to tell others that you are a Lego addict?
1) Technic front-end loader
2) Car of my design with limites slip differential
Both on to of one of my computers
So far have been able to convert several coneheads to the world of LEGOS!!
| Phil Tubesing tubesing@lanl.gov
| Los Alamos National Labs
| M/S G770 MST-6 Sigma Complex
| Los Alamos NM 87545
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From: akay@comlab.ox.ac.uk (Andrew Kay) Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 14:09:34 GMT Name: Andrew Kay Age: 30 M.S.: have co-mortgagee Kids: only me, but we have two goldfish and a full size cardboard human skeleton called Yorick. Occupation: computer scientist First Sets: I don't remember (mid/late 60s) Favourite Sets: Sets? Favourite sets? Sets are just boxes of pieces. Favourite Pieces: technics length 4 "cranks" Favourite Themes: Technics, Dacta control lab Number of pieces: Way up in the high Oodles by now Special interests: walking machines, remote control, robotics Sharp Laboratories of Europe Ltd, Edmund Halley Road, Oxford Science Park, Oxford OX4 4GA, United Kingdom. Telephone +44-1865 747711; Fax +44-1865-747719 Email: Andrew.Kay@prg.oxford.ac.uk or @sharp.co.uk
From: ggellert@junction.net (Gary Gellert) Date: 12 Jan 1995 09:09:50 -0800 Name: Gary Gellert Age: 25 M.S.: single Kids: none, thank God! Employment: Carpenter Number of sets in collection: 50+ Number of pieces: 10000+ Oldest set: Duplo bricks from early 70's Favorite theme: Technics Favorite set in collection: Not sure of name, but Technics Crane/ForkLift set from early 80's Education: High School Graduate Location: Lumby, BC, CANADA | ggellert@junction.net | fidonet 1:353/353.2 | amiganet 40:800/765.2 | Coming to you live from Lumby, British Columbia, CANADA
From: norska@access4.digex.net (NorskaWood) Date: 13 Jan 1995 19:06:25 -0500 Name: Vikki (aka NorskaWood) Age: 30 M.S.: Single Kids: Do cats count? Employment: Computer Scientist with a major North American government :) Number of Sets in Collection: One Basic, 2 Pirates, 2 Dragon Masters (Hey, I'm just getting started!) Number of Pieces: Beats me.... <500 Oldest Set: #720 Basic (C) 1985 Favorite Themes: Pirates, Dragon Masters Favorite Set in Collection: The newest addition, always. Currently my Magic Shop. Whine: My mommy never let me play with anything with more than one piece to it (ok, slight exaggeration), so I was a deprived child. I'm trying to catch up. :)
From: christy@hpbs2625.boi.hp.com (Christy Rohrig) Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 22:28:33 GMT Reply-To: christy@hpbs2625.boi.hp.com (Christy Rohrig) Name: Christy Rohrig Age: 24 M.S.: Not yet. Kids: None that I know of (and women usually know) Employment: Development Engingeer - Hewlett Packard, Boise, ID Number of Sets in collections: Not enough (only about 6) Number of pieces: Thousands Oldest set: A 1990 Firestation (I never had cool toys as a kid) Favorite Themes: TRAINS Favorite Set in Collection : Load 'n' Haul RR (Got two of them!!!!!!! and it's soooooo cool!) Have a great year playing!!!
From: kkoehn@lichee.csil.sfu.ca (Kaari David Koehn) Date: 13 Jan 1995 22:12:47 GMT Reply-To: kkoehn@sfu.ca Name: Kaari Koehn Age: 22 M.S.: Attached Kids: at heart Education: undergrad Computer Engineering Employment: student Number of Sets: 20? Number of Pieces: 1000+ Oldest Set: 701 (Old Space) & thereabouts Themes: Old Space, Castle, Pirates Newest Set: "Runner" pirate If I weren't doing this by heart, I'd have real set numbers. I just wanted to mention that when Toys&Wheels (B.C. based chain) went bankrupt, I got good deals, but all the stuff I wanted was gone before I got there & my Pirate collection suddenly started. I re-rigged the pirate skiff for working rigging & tiller, using black thread. ____ Kaari kkoehn@sfu.ca
From: zachnzach@aol.com (ZachNZach) Date: 14 Jan 1995 00:26:00 -0500 Reply-To: zachnzach@aol.com (ZachNZach) Name: Steve Delfino & Crispin Richey Age: 27 & 30 M.S.: Unisex spousal equivalents Kids: Not yet Employment: Actuary, Financial Guy Number of Sets in Collection: ~220 Number of Pieces: 35,000 Oldest Set: Some yellow construction sets from mid 70's Favorite Themes: Town, Monorails/Trains, Aquazone, Pirates, Technic, okay, we can't decide. Favorite Set in Collection:Lego TC Logo Robotics PC interface (from Dacta) We also bought 100 Santas from a toy store that was going out of business for the ridiculous price of 23 cents each. That's our proudest lego find. Claim to Fame: Our lego addiction helped an engineer friend of ours get a job at Lego in Enfield CT. We now have an inside contact. Although she still refuses to tell us about upcoming product lines. (What a good little employee)
From: spetermc@iconz.co.nz (Peter McHaffie)
Date: 14 Jan 1995 19:18:42 GMT
Name: Alistair
Age: 15
M.S.: Not yet
Kids: No way
Employment: Student T.G.S NZ
Number of sets: A hell of alot.
Number of pieces: Gerzillions
Favorite theme: Technic is cool. I like building spaceships out of
those standard two nobble wide red pieces.
From: roy@ydwarf.demon.co.uk (Roy B Jephson) Reply-To: roy@ydwarf.demon.co.uk Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 16:58:07 +0000 Name: Roy Jephson Age: 30 M.S.: Not yet Kids: None that I know of (but men don't always know :-) ) Employment: Software Engineer - at a small company in England Number of Sets in collections: approx. 20 Number of pieces: I prefer sticking them together rather than counting them Oldest set: I don't know, probably a technics set from the mid 80's Favorite Themes: trains, space and technics Favorite Set in Collection : The big ones I've thought of a new theme but I attempted to post that to the appropriate thread. So you will have to go looking. :-) -- Roy B Jephson roy@ydwarf.demon.co.uk
From: soholder@eos.ncsu.edu (Sheldon Owen Holder) Date: 15 Jan 1995 19:15:09 GMT Reply-To: soholder@eos.ncsu.edu (Sheldon Owen Holder) Name: Owen Holder Age: 19 M.S.: It is going to be a while Kids: None Employment: I E student at North Carolina Stat University Number of Sets in collections: approx. 10 Number of pieces: Don't have them here, and have not counted Oldest set: Early-80's Basic Favorite Themes: Technics Favorite Set in Collection: Mid-80's 4.5 Volt motor Technic Set (get over it, I have not had the money to updaye yet!)
From: JWSSAUER@WEDGE.watstar.uwaterloo.ca (J Sauer) Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 20:56:37 GMT Name: Jacob Sauer Age: 19 Profession: Engineering student at University of Waterloo, Canada. Lego sets: Many Pieces: 15 years worth Favourite theme: Castle Best construct: Tie fighter that I built just last year Comments: This is the first time I've seen this group. It was great to find so many people who share a love for lego. I still take time to check out the latest sets at the local toy store.
From: lou@tfnet.ils.unc.edu (Lou Sortman) Date: 16 Jan 1995 16:10:45 GMT Name: Lou Sortman Age: 27 M.S.: single Kids: 0 Employment: UNIX system administrator / net.guru Number of Sets in Collection: 10-20 Number of Pieces: thousands; never counted Oldest Set: Expert Builder auto chasis frmo the late '70s Favorite Theme: Technic Favorite Set: Air Tech Claw Rig Been collecting since: ~1977 - hiatus - resumed ~1990 Whoever dies with the most LEGO wins.
From: flournoy@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Raymond Suke Flournoy) Date: 16 Jan 1995 21:12:48 GMT Name: Raymond S. Flournoy Age: 28 M.S.: Single Kids: None Employment: Graduate student, Instructor Number of Sets in Collection: maybe around 50? Number of Pieces: ? Oldest Set: some flat trees and joined-2x2 vehicle hitches from wa-a-ay back Favorite Themes: Castle Favorite Piece in Collection: the ghost! flournoy@cs.stanford.edu Computer Science Dept. Stanford University, CA
From: Jordan Maynard <maynard@ucssun1.sdsu.edu> Date: 17 Jan 1995 06:57:32 GMT Name: Jordan D. Maynard Age: 19.8 Occupation: Student SDSU/ Product Analyst: Electronic Arts Married: Not! Kids: See above. Number of sets in collection: 90+ Number of pieces: 5000+ Oldest Set: Ok, it is a Space Truck with a rocket on it and two pure yellow Space Mini-figs without visors. Early 80s. Favorite Themes: Castle, Space, AQUAZONE! Favorite Set: right now I think its the Big Dragon Masters castle. 6082 Favorite thing I've built: A fantasy D&D style town that took most of the floor space in my room. We used it for a role-playing campaign in which all the characters were mini-figs (or dragons!). I wrote all the rules for the combat before I ever heard of LEGOwars.
From: sally@Violet.CCIT.Arizona.EDU (Sally_Garnaat)
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 17:37:57 GMT
Reply-To: sally@Violet.CCIT.Arizona.EDU
Name: Sally Garnaat Ben Lynn
Age: 43 10 6
M.S.: married nope nope
Kids: yes nope nope
Occupation: Comp App Spec student student
# Sets: 10 hundreds 25-30?
# Pieces: Hundreds Thousands and thousands hundreds
First Sets: Majesto wkshop Duplo misc Lego 3+ plastic box
('handed down Duplos')
(but they weren't )
(ever really mine )
Oldest Sets: " Lego (mom sold the Duplo) Lego 3+ box
(shame on Mom)
Favorite Set: Imperial Trading Last one bought
Post
Favorite Theme: Town Space/Castle/ Belville
Aquazone
Since I can't keep track of what my son has, I made a list of what instruction
books he has. It came in VERY handy at birthday/Chistmas time. I also kept
track of prices for comparison shopping. It is a nice way of seeing what
we have, but is no longer being made. Or what sets we should have bought
but didn't! (I went thru shop at home this summer and entered every item
in the catalog).
By the way, I called Dacta and ordered their catalog. The voice message
system said it would be shipped in 48 hrs. We'll see how long it takes to get
here (now that my son has spent his Christmas money!)
From: "Rev. Doktor Drew" <drewt@rain.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 11:07:33 -0800
Name: Andrew "Dr. Drew" Tuttle
Age: 31
M.S.: double (un-hitched yet very attached)
Kids: Igby (an iguana puppet), Zilla (a plush Godzilla), Tiger Bear (a
large brown teddy bear given to me by my sweetheart), etc.
Employment: None (see location)
Number of sets in collection: more than 20
Number of pieces: more than 20 to the 3rd power
Oldest set: A yellow trailer truck from about 1970
Favorite theme: Islander (currently) also fond of Space
Favorite set in collection: My motorized Technic set
Location: Santa Barbara, California
Andrew Tuttle
Rev. Doktor Drew
drewt@rain.org
drewt@io.com
From: donnac@myhost.subdomain.domain (Donna Coumarianos) Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 09:17:43 GMT Name: Donna Coumarianos Age: 25 Marital Status: Nearly married Kids: 4 cats Employment: Admin Officer Number of Sets in collection: 6 sets, plus a number of smaller kits (you dont really count them as sets do you?) and childhood lego bricks. Number of pieces: unknown Oldest set: the lego set I was given when i was about five, would have been in 1974 or 19755. I have no memory of the box it came in, so I do not know what it was supposed to make. Lots of pieces and red roof tiles. Also a family with figures about 6cm high, much larger than minifigures. I still have the little girl from the family intact. Favorite theme: technic, town Location: Brisbane, Australia I am very new to this newsgroup and to lego collecting. My boyfriend and I have only been seriously into lego since about christmas last year. It all started about 6 months ago when we helped some people clean up their house and came away with a small amount of someones lego collection in a tuperware container large enough to fit a cake inside. It sat in a cupboard for six months, then one day just before xmas I walked passed it and decided it was time I washed it. That was it - we were hooked. We both had lego as children, Peters had long since died, but I went over to my mothers and got mine. We got a catalogue, bought six technics kits, got a friend of ours to lend us his childhood lego (he is only ninteen or so, so he had 6080 a cool castle, a train station, and heaps of space stuff), and here we are.
From: hoffinemc@alpha.hendrix.edu (MC SUCKA FOO)
Date: 17 Jan 95 11:53:26 -0600
Name: Matt Hoffine
Age: 21
M.S.: Single
Kids: yes, we are
Employment: Student...Hendrix College
Major: Double major Philosophy and psychology...not smart enough to be
An engineer like most of you...sigh
# of sets: um...100's?
# of pieces: Don't ask
oldest set: All I remeber about it is the person had bendy arms, and a very
large head
Favorite theme: Old space freak...recent Castle convert
Fav. set: Yellow caste...because of the face guards
Favorite thing i have build: A Monkey juicer....it squeezes the juice out
of the monkeys, parrots, and islanders so the
Wizards have something to drink.
Location: School is in Conway, Arkansas....20 min. N of Little Rock
Home is Houston, Tx
I thought my obsession with LEGO's was some sort of childhood trauma...now I'm
at least glad that is isn't unique.
From: s900883@minyos.xx.rmit.EDU.AU (George Georgiou) Date: 16 Jan 1995 07:26:16 GMT Name: George Georgiou Age: 23 M.S.: Single Kids: Nope Employment: Uni Student. (Aerospace Engineering) Number of sets in collection: about 13 Number of pieces: about 5000 Oldest set: LL914 spaceship, (I can remember getting the old floating police boat, which had mini-figs with non-moveable limbs.) but I only have a headless minifig remaining. Favorite theme: Space, Castle Favorite set in collection: Not too sure (I love my mini-figs) Location: Melbourne, Australia.
From: hollis@jacobs.mn.org (Holly Kilheffer)
Date: 17 Jan 1995 21:23:24 GMT
Name: Holly Kilheffer
Age: 25
Occupation: Freelance Artist/Writer
Married: Almost, but not quite (Aug. '95)
Kids: Bleck! Ick! Yuck! Then I'd have to share! :)
Number of sets in collection: 30
Number of pieces: haven't gotten around to counting them yet -- too busy
using them!
Oldest Set: First set I remember getting was a tow rig (#1572 -- 1985?)
Favorite Themes: Castle, Trains
Favorite Set: Train! (I've got the Load 'n' Haul, haven't peruaded the guy
to get me the new one yet :)
Favorite Thing I've Built: Caboose for Load 'n' Haul
General Comments: I've been wanting to collect LEGO since I was very little
(the neighbors had it and I didn't *waah* :) -- I finally
started while I was in high school. Since then I've been
able to persuade almost everyone who is a relative/friend
that "buying Holly LEGOs is a GOOD thing" But I've
made it difficult because 1) I don't like the space themes
2) I don't like anything that has the 3D molded bases and
3) I won't allow anyone (accept my fiancee) to buy me the
large ($75+) sets.
holly k/hollis@abu.mn.org/hollis@winternet.com
don't "r" to the header -- that address doesn't exist! :)
From: drake@wam.umd.edu (daedalus) Date: 18 Jan 1995 05:41:03 GMT Name: Paul D. Samuel Age: 21 M.S.: Nope Kids: None Employment: Student, undergaduate aeronautical engineer, Univ. of MD College Park Number of Sets in Collection: ~100, more or less Number of Pieces: No Idea Oldest Set: Spirit of St. Louis, circa 1975, 76? Set number unknown Favorite Themes: Space, but I think I'm going to really like Aquazone as well (It's sort of space like...) Favorite Set in Collection: I can't narrow it down any further than these 4 sets, so here goes: Blacktron Renegade 6954 Space Police Spy-Trak 1 6895 Inter-Galactic Command Base 6971 X-1 Patrol Craft 6861
From: char@sunburn.racal.com (Charlotte Noll) Reply-To: char@sunburn.racal.com Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 13:58:59 GMT Name: Charlotte Noll char@sunburn.racal.com Age: 36 M.S.: Married Kids: 5YO son Justin Employment: Programmer Number of Sets in Collection: about 30-40 Number of Pieces: 2 big Plano tackle boxes full and overflowing Oldest Set: Just started collecting when Justin was 2-3YO. Favorite Themes: Space, Technic and New Aquazone Favorite Set in Collection: The 2 new Aquazone submarines are great. My son and I checked out all the toy stores in the area over the last few weeks and bought all the new Aquazone sets except the big one. That will have to wait until our birthdays later this year. Location: South Florida, USA Bragging: My 5YO son put together his first set from the instructions all by himself the other day. It was the new small Apollo space set and boy was he proud of himself. He's always built stuff made up on his own which is great but he always thought the instructions were too hard. Can't stop him now - he's off and building.
From: mdoar@amaryllis (Matthew Doar) Date: 18 Jan 1995 16:18:27 GMT Reply-To: mdoar@net.com Name: Matthew Doar Age: 28 M.S. To be married in April Kids: None Employment: Software Engineer, Networking Number of sets in collection: 100 in lifetime Number of pieces: no idea Oldest set: Basic set from 1971 Favorite Themes: technic, absolutely Favorite set: Supercar Matthew B. Doar Ascom Nexion, Inc. mdoar@nexen.com 289 Great Road, +1 508 266 3468 Acton, MA 01720, USA
From: dan@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov (Dan Allard) Date: 18 Jan 1995 10:03:05 -0800 Name: Dan Allard Age: 25 M.S.: Single, living with SO Kids: None (well, 1 Iguana) Employment: Programmer/Engineer Number of Sets in Collection: 20-30 Number of Pieces: Unknown (see notes) Oldest Set: Also unknown Favorite Themes: Castle (Forestmen, Black Knight), Pirates Favorite Set in Collection: Forestman's Fortress Education: BS in Engineering Physics, Tufts U. in Boston MA Notes: Some years ago I bought a large box of lego from a friend for 20$, including a lot of the old space sets (the ones with blue and grey pieces, plain spacemen), which is unfortunately still in Boston at my parents house. I can't even guess how many pieces there are in it. I am sure that my oldest set is somewhere here.
From: talbot@vangelis.sandiegoca.attgis.com (Steve Talbot) Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 04:09:15 GMT Name: Eric Talbot Age: 11 Emploment: 5th grade Number of sets: 2 (that are still built) Number of pieces: 1000? Favorite Themes: Space, Technic Favorite Set: Recon Robot Oldest Set: Dragsters from 1990 -- Steve.Talbot@SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM NCR Corporation, LCPD-San Diego 16550 West Bernardo Dr. San Diego, CA 92127
From: gcs@dsto.defence.gov.au (Gary Speechley)
Date: 19 Jan 1995 05:49:05 GMT
Reply-To: gcs@dsto.defence.gov.au
Name: Gary Speechley
Age: 38
Location: Hurstville, NSW Australia
Occupation: Researcher, submarine sonars
Married: Yes, 11 years
Kids: 1 upstart miniature Schnauzer
Number of sets: 40+
Number of pieces: who knows?
Oldest Set: The one I got when I was MUCH, MUCH younger, still with
the original boxes and fold-out town plan.
Favorite Themes: Technic
Favorite Set: The large Technic helicopter
Favorite Construction: I used to make submarines, four feet long.
My first job was with Lego. Their distribution centre was located
where my father worked as part of the Taubmans paint factory at
Villawood. (I think there was a link between Coultalds/Taubmans/Lego
here in Australia in the early days). My job was to complete demo
models received from Denmark if they were damaged in transit. I
recall receiving a half-completed model ship and asked to do the
superstructure. To achieve this, a stack of water-damaged boxes were
delivered to me with the offer that I could keep anything I didn't
need for the ship. Needless to say, I was in to minimalist structures
long before engineers discovered finite-element analysis! My father
eventually became a storeman for Lego, and in my early teens, I'd have
a job during school holidays and some weekends filling orders on the
warehouse, or helping to unload the latest container shipment.
It was my first paying job!
---
D E P A R T M E N T O F D E F E N C E
Defence Science & Technology Organisation
Contact Details: Gary.Speechley@dsto.defence.gov.au
Gary C Speechley CIS: [100236,2246]
DSTO Australia Wk: +61 2 6921432 ph
PO Box 44 +61 2 6600019 fx
PYRMONT NSW 2009 Hm: +61 2 5703870 ph/fx
From: bowerm@hfsi.hfsi.com (Michael Bower) Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 13:47:20 GMT Name: Michael F. Bower Age: 48 M.S.: Married Kids: 2 girls, 2 boys (11, 8.5, 6.5, 5) Employment: data comm engineering, project manager Number of Sets in Collection: Unknown Number of Pieces: Unknown Oldest Set: Basic set from early 80's Favorite Themes: Space -- Michael Bower HFS Inc. bowerm@hfsi.com 7900 Westpark Dr. (703) 827-3559 (w) MS-804
From: jwrasse@ezinfo.ucs.indiana.edu (john d wrasse) Date: 27 Jan 1995 19:35:42 GMT Name: John Wrasse AGE: 27 M.S.: Married KIDS: Not human; 2 cats and 1 dog EMPLOYMENT: Indiana University Bookstore NUMBER OF SETS: 10+ NUMBER OF PIECES: 2500+ FAVORITE THEME: Technic FAVORITE SET: First Technic set - Go Kart OLDEST SET: Part of the Lego Town CURRENT PROJECT: Lego Cuckoo Clock (this is not a set - yet)
From: jasonha@bgnet.bgsu.edu (Jason Haislet) Date: 28 Jan 1995 17:31:52 GMT Reply-To: jasonha@bgnet.bgsu.edu (Jason Haislet) I just found this Lego newsgroup and i am so excited :) :) :) I have had lego since i was about 5, every year for Christmas I got at least one set of Legos, usually more. I most Have the Town system. I do have a few Questions. 1) where do i find the FAQ for r.t.l? 2) are there any ftp sites? 3) are there any Lego stores? 4) does the Lego company pay poeple for new ideas? 5) is anybody planning a trip to LegoLand? I have created some awesome vechiles and buildings in my Lego years Just some general info. about me Name: Jason Haislet Age: 20 School: Bowling Green State Univeristy City: Bowling Green State: Ohio Major: Theatre I hope to be a regular poster on this newsgroup.
From: deroo@sproing.ultranet.com (John DeRoo) Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 19:38:16 LOCAL Name: John DeRoo M.S.: Divorced Physical Age: 29 Mental Age: 16 Children: 2 Employment: Electrical Engineer (digital chip design for disk drives) Number of Sets: Several of my own, plus several more I "share" with my kids Number of pieces: Many Oldest Set: ~6 yrs - All of my childhood sets "somehow disappeared" while I was a teeneager and I didn't notice until I was about 23 :-( Favorite Themes: Technics, Lego-Logo (conceptually) Favorite Set in Collection: Oh, yeah, all the pieces *did* come from individual sets, didn't they? I particularly like playing with the pneumatic pieces and with the other power-transmission pieces. Location: Marlborough, Mass. Sets I Most Desire: 1) The Technic set with the electric pneumatic pump. 2) A Lego-Logo RS232ish interface Most Memorable Building Accomplishments: A hanging monorail I built when I was 10 after going to Disney Land and an implementation of a vehicle suspension system that I found in Nasa Tech Briefs (mine was simpler and the working model was a *lot* cheaper!) Current Project(s): None :-( John DeRoo, Marlborough, MA. E-Mail: deroo@sproing.ultranet.com
From: iridian@netcom.com (Rebecca Glenn) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 14:23:56 GMT Name: Becky Glenn (iridiank@netcom.com) Age: 27 M.S: Single Kids: No Employment: Desktop Publishing for a major Defense Contractor Number of Sets in Collection: lots Number of Pieces: lots more Oldest Set: Universal Building Set from 70s Favorite Themes: Space, Castle, Pirate Favorite Set: Difficult to say, but it's a draw between my Galaxy Explorer (one of the first space sets) and the King's Castle (the grey one that came out just after the yellow one) Extra Tidbit: I remember this old old set I used to have, and I know I still have the pieces but somehow the instructions went astray. It was one of those London buses, with two levels. If anyone knows what I'm talking about, I'd appreciate knowing that it's not just an acid flashback. -- rlg the reaper iridian@netcom.com and rebecca_glenn@fmc.com
From: mohonk94@aol.com (Mohonk94) Date: 1 Feb 1995 00:20:23 -0500 Reply-To: mohonk94@aol.com (Mohonk94) Name: Chris Stoffel Age: 31 Married: no Kids: no Occupation: Group Billing Administrator at Mohonk Mountain House Career goal: Lego Robotics Programmer Number of Sets:15+ Number of Pieces: not enough + Oldest Set: Air Tech Claw Rig - starting over again, somewhere in my parents attic the really old pieces are waiting to be rediscovered. Favorite Themes: Technic Favorite Set: Air Tech Claw Rig Favorite Things: wheels, motors and pneumatics General Comments: with an interest in computers and robots, I think the Technic sets will let me explore more and have fun at the same time. I'm looking forward to integrating my computers with my Lego sets. Time for fun now and get serious later.
From: Ryan Hagglund <rhagglun@paul.spu.edu> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 22:19:13 -0800 Name: Ryan Hagglund AGE: 20 M.S.: Single EMPLOYMENT: Full-time student at Seattle Pacific University NUMBER OF SETS: 50+ NUMBER OF PIECES: I don't even want to try to count that high FAVORITE THEME: Space FAVORITE SET: I don't know, I buy the sets for the pieces, not for the model they are intended to make OLDEST SET: The old fire station (I got it when I was four). It was before they had the station doors that scrolled up and lego figures with moving arms and feet. CURRENT PROJECT: I don't have room in my dorm room for my Legos; I had to leave them at home :( Ryan Hagglund Seattle Pacific University Seattle, Washington rhagglun@paul.spu.edu
From: stone@uno.cc.geneseo.edu (Leonie Stone) Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 14:35:06 UNDEFINED Name: Lee Stone AGE: 34 M.S.: Married (to Paul who doesn't quite get the Lego thing but doesn't complain either) KIDS: Jonathan (8 months-- too little for Duplo); cats (Edgar, Igor, Chan) who think they _are_ the right age, dog (Galen) who is disgusted by everything EMPLOYMENT: Assistant Professor of Economics, SUNY Geneseo NUMBER OF SETS: 30? NUMBER OF PIECES: you must be kidding.... FAVORITE THEME: Castle, Pirates, Train FAVORITE SET: Any of the train stuff OLDEST SET: Gears from my childhood CURRENT PROJECT: Filling my office with Lego
From: reuel_victa@cpqm.saic.com Date: 3 Feb 1995 17:31:53 GMT Name: Reuel Victa AGE: 33 M.S.: Married (wife's name is Terry) KIDS: 6-year old rabbit (Koko) EMPLOYMENT: Programmer/Analyst (Science Applications International Corp.) NUMBER OF SETS: 20+ NUMBER OF PIECES: We'll let the kids count 'em when we have some. FAVORITE THEME: Space, Technic FAVORITE SET: The helicopter. My little cousins and friends like to play with it. OLDEST SET: Some odds and ends from long ago. CURRENT PROJECT: Setting up a town in one of our spare rooms to include our monorail.
From: scottec@netcom.com (Scott Cunningham)
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 16:13:42 GMT
Name: Scott Cunningham
AGE: 26 (mentaly 10)
M.S.: Engaged (wife's name will be Kathy)
KIDS: Dog (mixed Malties - Peaches) Cat (American shorthair - Corky Sherwood)
EMPLOYMENT: Service Bureau Tech
NUMBER OF SETS: 5 (third start - previously 30+)
NUMBER OF PIECES: 1241
FAVORITE THEME: Pirates + Space (Hah! Space Pirates!)
FAVORITE SET: The ones I gave away :-( [snif] (But I'll have new
favorites soon!)
OLDEST SET: Then - Some Samsonite Now - #1715 400pc wonder!
CURRENT PROJECT: Rebuilding my empire of long ago
From: blairiii_r@uhdvx3.dt.uh.edu (Ken Blair) Date: 5 Feb 1995 17:41 CST Name: Ken Blair Age: 23 Married: no Kids: no Occupation: Full time student @ The University of Houston (downtown) Career goal: To graduate from college Number of Sets: 150+ (estimate) Number of Pieces: 25,452+ (count) Oldest Set: #653 - Legoland, small, white red cross helicopter and ambulance from about 1975 or so. Favorite Themes: Technic, train Favorite Set: #8088 Technic Super Car & #4558 Metroliner train set. General Comments: I've been collecting Lego sets for about 19 or 20 years, and after a long lapse, I've recently been very interested in the Technic and train series. I have a Lego railroad made up of over 200+ rail sections that is attached to the ceiling of my apartment. While this is not the best place for a railroad, it's all I have room for. The switch tracks are remote-controlled pneumaticly, using all Lego parts except most of the 80 feet of air tubing which was cheaper at the local hobby store. ---(> Ken Blair - blairiii_r@dt3.dt.uh.edu
From: jkelly3@ix.netcom.com (John Kelly III) Date: 6 Feb 1995 04:14:23 GMT Name: John Kelly III Age: 23 Married: Yup Kids: Nope Occ: Formally LEGO Model Builder; now Computer Tech #of sets: >500 #of pcs: >30,000 oldest set: Orginal Space Lander (Eagle One, I think) favorite themes: train,space,town,aquazone,castle favorite set: Super Car 8808 i worked for LSI in enfield for a year and half as a model builder. i helped build the Invention Adventure (moving to Baltimore I think), toy fair exhibits for 1994, (25x islander firgure, others), and parts of the mall of america change over in 1994. i have a ton of sets that i had been collecting since i was seven. when i ran out of money for college in fall 1992, i came to work at LEGO imagination centre in mpls. after six months there, i was sent to enfield to be a model builder. time of my life. every brick of every color in every shape. technically, we are only allowed to use elements that are found in sets at the time of creation. (2x4 green bricks are made and are allowed because you could make those out of 2x4 green plates.) my wife and i got married after meeting at LIC(LEGO Imagination Centre) it was a "LEGO" wedding. we had LEGO centerpieces on all the tables, and had playtables and a eight foot tower at the reception. i'm new to the 'net, so i don't know how many times these questions have been answered and since i do not have a unlimited bank account, i will not be able to go over all the messages. please email if there are questions i can answer about model building. john kelly p.s. if you email, tell me what my address is. i got on the net esp. to see this newsgroup. (the company mentioned it.)
From: mmany@gosset.math.uno.edu ( Meredith Many)
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 18:38:56 GMT
Name: Meredith Many
AGE: 42
M.S.: Yes (tolerant husband David Eatman)
KIDS: Two - one 3.5 yr old boy(John) - we "share" the legos
and one 12 yr old Siamese cat(Sparky)
EMPLOYMENT: math instructor - university of new orleans
NUMBER OF SETS: 15 (?)
NUMBER OF PIECES: not enough
FAVORITE THEME: Pirates(John) + Castles + Town (me)
FAVORITE SET: no specific set, but favorite pieces: the pirate minifig
with hook on one hand (Captain Hook), a miscellaneous pirate (Smee), and
one lone forestman (Peter Pan)
OLDEST SET: Misc Duplo train pieces - bought second hand - have sustained
1.5 years of constant play.
CURRENT PROJECT: On the drawing board: We'd like to build some sort of
Never Never Land. Involves building and painting the right size table,
then construction of the important parts. The pirates ship is the easy
part, the indian camp, mermaid lagoon, and hangmans tree are still in
hazy idea form. Any suggestions?
From: rgregory@dseg.ti.com (Ron Gregory)
Reply-To: rgregory@dseg.ti.com
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 15:58:12 GMT
Name: Ron Gregory
AGE: 31
M.S.: Married 11 years - wife Tracey
KIDS: Austin (just turned 3 on 1/31)
Samantha (dog - German Sheppard mix - will be 2 on 7/10)
EMPLOYMENT: Software Engineer - Texas Instruments, Plano, TX
NUMBER OF SETS: 30+
NUMBER OF PIECES: 25,000+
FAVORITE THEME: Space/Technic/Train
FAVORITE SET(s): Load N' Haul RR, space monorail, and Technic Control Center
OLDEST SET: old gear set
CURRENT PROJECT: Building a custom LEGO table with drawers and plexiglass top.
Tracey sold the one I built previously, and I haven't built
any LEGO projects, since. I need a new table to inspire me.
From: giannone@valkyrie.LightStream.COM (Tony Giannone)
Date: 7 Feb 1995 10:43:02 -0500
Name: tony giannone
AGE: 38 (next week :-)
M.S.: married
KIDS: Greg (3), Jessica (11), and Aimee (13)
EMPLOYMENT: manufacturing engineer
NUMBER OF SETS: ~30
NUMBER OF PIECES: a whole bunch
FAVORITE THEME: none
FAVORITE SET: the next one
OLDEST SET: don't know (started buying LEGO when Greg was 1yo)
CURRENT PROJECT: create a unique toy for Greg (i.e. one that he won't feel
compelled to destroy minutes after its completion :-)
From: hermit@cats.UCSC.EDU (William R. Ward)
Date: 07 Feb 1995 19:54:09 GMT
Name: William R. Ward
AGE: 23
M.S.: 'living in sin'
KIDS: 0
EMPLOYMENT: Contractor (Unix System Admin/Programmer)
NUMBER OF SETS: lots
NUMBER OF PIECES: lots
FAVORITE THEME: Space & Technic
FAVORITE SET: anything with lots of cool pieces
OLDEST SET: probably the Family set, but some pieces are probably missing
CURRENT PROJECT: none at the moment; last project was a 3-4 foot long
spaceship with lots of cool features
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From: s3500075@nickel.laurentian.ca Date: 7 Feb 95 22:35:26 -0500 Here's my shot! I've been lurking for a while since I found the group and this makes a good introduction: Name: Heather Fraser AGE 20 LOCATION Sudbury,Ontario MS Engaged (Brian, date as yet unset) KIDS None yet (thank god, I'm not done with my lego yet!!) EMPLOYMENT Geology/Engineering Student @ Laurentian University // Keeping useless profs employed, and learning from the good ones #OF SETS 3 @ University and ?? at home #OF PIECES Never Enough FAVOURITE THEME Castles FAVOURITE SET All of them OLDEST SET The house set I was given at my first Christmas (aged 18 days) as a joke on my father who I still have to fight off to get at the lego. CURRENT PROJECT Avoiding exam/study stress and trying to find unique ideas for my wedding Funny but true: I have no depth perception and find it difficult to think in 3-d. When I came to University last year I got strange looks around res. as I'd build models to help with my engineering projects. While tutoring in res this year on calculus (area of revolution with integrals) I got out the lego and spread it out on the common kitchen table to show my point. Everyone called me crazy, but the end result was a 90% on the test, and all night lego fest (5am when I went to bed) and about 10 people bringing back lego after Christmas Break!!
From: kittle@sde.hp.com (Ron Kittle)
Date: 9 Feb 1995 17:13:58 GMT
Reply-To: kittle@fc.hp.com
I figured I better add my name to the list, since Mark Hornblower is
going to post statistics...
Name: Ron Kittle
Age: 31
M.S: Single
Kids: No, just nieces
Employment: Software Engineer at HP
Number of Sets in Collection: 30+
Number of Pieces: 11,000+
Oldest Set: Large gears from 70s, etc. I've got some of those "Two 2x2
'wafer thin' flats connected by a plastic stem" pieces. :-)
Favorite Themes: Technic, Trains
Favorite Set: Super Car #8880, hands down.
Favorite Creation: A Lego Shay steam locomotive. A Shay is a geared
locomotive, with three upright pistons on one side.
My Lego version uses the technic pistons, which pump
as the engine moves (powered off one of the wheels).
Shays were used mostly for logging operations, which
required narrow gauge tracks, tight turns, and steep
grades. That makes the Lego turns a little more
realistic. :-) I plan to put a jpg file on the net
when I get pictures of it.
From: ktatroe@badgercom.com (k.tatroe) Date: Thu, 09 Feb 1995 12:31:06 -0700 Name: kevin tatroe Age: 23 (or 10, or so :) M.S: SNG (single nice guy) Kids: Two cats; they contribute by breaking things Job: Software Engineer at BadgerCom Software; teacher-in-training # Sets: 300+ # Pieces: 75,000+ (by PPH (piece per head) estimation) Oldest Set: Eagle One (lunar lander) Fav. Themes: Islanders, Technic, Castle, Pirates Fav. Set: All of the Islanders, all pre-87ish Castle Current project: Designing a cathedral. A friend and I have gotten the north wing (the nave, I believe) completed. It's about five SCP (standard castle pieces) tall, and one-and a half of the large gray plates long. We are beginning to run out of pieces, so we're not sure how on earth we're going to do the other three wings. It has a pipe organ. I might try to borrow a friend's QuickTake 100 to do jpegs.
From: ea93boma@hj.se (Magnus Boivie) Date: 9 Feb 1995 15:20:58 GMT Name: Magnus Boivie Age: 21 M.S.: At parents and brother Kids: 0 Employment: economic studying at university Number of Sets in Collection: lots Number of Pieces: lots Oldest Set: From the beginning of the 70:s Favorite Themes: Trains and Technics Favorite Set in Collection: Technics fork-lift truck Location : Jönköping, Sweden
From: normmoesch@aol.com (NormMOesch) Date: 10 Feb 1995 07:51:39 -0500 Reply-To: normmoesch@aol.com (NormMOesch) Name: Norm M Oesch AGE: 29 M.S.: almost :) KIDS: none, they're _my_ LEGO bricks OCCUPATION: Warehouse Manager NUMBER OF SETS: 78(in my 2nd incarnation of LEGO obsession) NUMBER OF PIECES: more than 3(well, it is) OLDEST SET: Black Monarch's Castle(this time round) FAVORITE THEMES: Train FAVORITE SET: the Trial Size pack my fiancee gave me that rekindled my love of LEGO toys
From: justjm24@aol.com (JustJM24) Date: 16 Feb 1995 20:36:17 -0500 Reply-To: justjm24@aol.com (JustJM24) Name: Jean Ledoux AGE : 43 SINGLE KIDS: Girl 23, Boy22, Girl21 EMPLOY: Self #Sets, 40+ #Pieces, Still computing...am working on a data base now FAVORITE..Theme, Legoland...SET Big Truck Stop...love Vehicles! OLDEST SET: Space ship, early 1970's Always looking to buy sell or trade....
From: mmccall@vader.cc.emory.edu (Utopia's Princess of the Universe)
Date: 19 Feb 1995 21:45:44 -0600
I'm having probs with my newsreader, so I will try to do this by memory.
Name: Malinda
AGE: 29 (I think)
Marital Status: single ("living in sin" for past four years)
KIDS: No. LEGOs are mine, all mine. :)
OCCUPATION: Ophthalmology librarian at Emory U. Hosp.
EDUCATION: BA in Fine Arts, BA in English, minor in Communictations
# of PIECES: Er, are you kidding? Answers (choose one):
[a] Too damn many (when no models are built and I have to store them)
[b] Too damn few (especially of one piece/color when building from
imagination)
[c] A kajillion
[d] lots
# of SETS: Um, what constitutes a set? Does a $2.79 Black Knight count as
a set because it is in a box by itself? (See below for listing.)
Claim to Fame: Using LEGOs as stress therapy, building six houses around
a garden square last night using Mega Blox baseplates and a grey LEGO
baseplate: blue police station, yellow duplex, red hotel, white and pink
private home, red private home, pizzaria. Turn the baseplate, all the
buildings have open backs and multiple floors. Pizzaria has outdoor
dining, cars can go around several buildings and the square. No
particular reason. Swiped Mega Blox chandelier, turned it upside down and
made it a fountain in square.
What got me started: Bought #6237 (pirates with chest and parrot) and
#6401 Seaside Cabana together for under $8 when I accompanied my
boyfriend and our tenant/roommate David to TRU (they needed new Frisbees for
Frisbee Golf). That was last year. Never had LEGOs when younger. BF gave
me old pieces including a damaged baseplate that sounds like the one
everyone's discussing: 24 x 40.
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The "o"'s are white dots and the "x"'s are flat areas.
I also have some odd pieces like 1x2 and 2 x 3 POLICE bricks, a piece
that looks like a firetruck piece, some red and yellow "Legoland" bricks,
some red bricks with LEGO on them, a hinged "claw" for a crane, some
pulley/crane pieces, etc, all that Steve had when young. Many of his are
glue-damaged. (He was a destructive child and used to stage actual fires
in Legoland. Glue he used burned satisfactorily I guess.) Lots of old wheels.
SETS owned:
4151 Freestyle with pink items I already posted about, including pink floral
awnings, pink doors and two shades of pink windows, two shades of pink
flowers, pink 'champage' glasses, pink-topped Legolady
6405 Lost box. Horse and girl with grey pants and pink "horse" shirt,
pale green baseplate
6414 Dolphin Point
1860 Try Me! Freestyle in bag with Legoman
1670 Sampler with odd door and window (yellow, with red 2-wide sills)
6430 Police car _Night Patroller_ I posted about earlier w/ 9v lights/siren
6350 _Pizza To Go_ (Box damaged, have only back panel)
6664 _Chopper Cops_. Lost box.
6009 Black knight (smallest set owned) with knight and horse. Period. $2.79.
Yellow saddle for horse.
6034 _Black ??Monarch's?? Ghost_ ghost, knight, mini-castle w/ doors. Blue
saddle for horse.
6319 Trees and flags (kept only back panel of box)
6402 _Sidewalk Cafe'_
4162 Freestyle with green 2 x 3 curved pieces (2x2 top w/ curve, 2 x 3
bottom), green whip, green flag, red & white striped awnings, blue doors &
windows, red "coffee" mugs
6410 _Cabana Beach_
1967 _Bonus Pack ('with free windsurfer model!')_ Includes 1959
Chopper/Flight series, 1969 robot/Space Police series, 1970 flintlock
gun/cannon, two figs/Pirates series, 1971 catapult/Black Knights series,
windsurfer (red) with two buoys. Total of six male minifigs. Found at
Woolworth's in odd Lego package.
6411 _Sand Dollar Cafe'_
6056 _Dragon Wagon_ with dragon, yay! Red saddles for horses, red
'dragon' horse blinders.
6416 _Poolside Paradise_ Bought chiefly for the baseplate and large clear
pieces, mailbox.
6048 _Majisto's Magical Workshop_ Bought for Majisto. Hinged, opens by
putting halves on separate baseplates.
6314 _City People_ Bought for bicycle and champagne glasses (early
purchase, charm has since faded a little. :) )
4011 _Cabin Cruiser_ Gift, no box to be found, do have instructions. Does
float. Has shark.
545 Basic set--comes with six-partitions and two basepaltes to store
"all" your Legos. (Ha!)
6401 _Seaside cabana_. Lost box.
6105 _Medieval Knights_. I like the helmet decorations the best.
6237 Pirates with chest of gold, parrot. Lost box. Small sample set.
5140 Polybagged red bricks from S@H
5142 Polybagged white bricks from S@H
5137 Town accent pieces from S@H
5149 Doors and windows (these have green shutters, red pieces and white
accents)
I have no desire to collect Technic people or Belville. I would collect
Space if I had room. I don't so I collect Town and Paradisa mostly, but I
can't resist the medieval figs/sets. :)
Fave sets: all. Also: last set bought, set I plan to buy next...sets I can't
afford...
Fave pieces: usually the little accent pieces like glasses, animals,
brushes and shovels, swords, plumes and helmet decorations, treasure
chests, bikes, etc. The minifigs are my favorite pieces. :) I don't have
nearly enough hair for the women, though. I do have a LOT of caps.
Majisto w/ wand and dragon and 'scroll'. Knight with ghost. 9V police car.
Least favorite piece: Mega Blox :), tiny 'roof' flats.
(Mega sets I own: barrel of 1000 pieces, blockblaster, house.)
Sets I want BADLY: (Santa? I've been REALLY good...)
6339 Shuttle
6597 Airport
6562 Octan station
6044 King's carriage
6008 King on horseback
6398 Knight with skeleton
6398 Police station
The infamous "Midnight Transport" set I forgot the number to.
6483 _Coastal Patrol_ (9V set)
6399 _Airport Shuttle_
6409 _Island Arcade_ (mostly for minifigs, glasses and seats)
6376 _Breezeway Cafe'_ It's a restaurant with RED accents and a minifig
with a Stetson hat.
6273 _Rock Is. Refuge_
4163 Freestyle (with motor/9V)
4161 Freestyle with more figs and a storage case.
565 Build-and-store chest
737 Freestyle with firetruck & 9V lights/siren action
6419 _Rolling Acres_ To 'complete' Paradisa, though I dislike the Acrade
and Playground sets in comparison to other sets
4554 _Metrostation_ *****
4558 _Metroliner_ *****
4548 Speed regulator
4547 _Club Car_ ********
6345 _Aerial Acrobats_
6090 King's castle
4539 RR Crossing w/ guard
6666 Ambulance
6254 _Pirate's Plunder_
6539 _Victory Cup Racers_
6571 Firehouse (not _Fire Control Center_)
Another idea for lurking LEGO employees: LEGO post office! Children can
enjoy putting letters into lock boxes and blue postal boxes (red for UK
sets), putting the happy mailman in his postal truck with lots of yellow
and white letterds and packages (I imagine some flats printed with sheets
o stamps and flats printed to resempble magazines.) Adults can get a
flintlock gun and play "Disgruntled postal worker!" If a deluxe set, you
can have a motorized conveyor belt moving all the deposited mail to a
waiting bag or container w/ wheels and LOTS of disgruntled postal
workers. :) Maybe a working teeny bell on the counter. Don't forget flats
with "wanted" on them and a draft poster for US sets. :) Maybe even a
place to take "passport photos" complete with harrassed postal-
worker-in-charge-of-passport-stuff. Cool, huh?
I know I mentioned Santa, but I forgot to say that Majisto is already a
good model. Just change the color scheme a little. :)
Ta,
Malinda
From: rcarter@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Ron Carter) Date: 20 Feb 1995 14:30:37 -0700 Name: Ronald L. Carter Age: 40 Employment: President of own computer software company Education: Degrees in art history and EE Location: Colorado, USA Number of Sets in Collection: 30+, mostly small sets, plus buckets Number of Pieces: 5,000 plus Oldest Set: Some loose pieces of Samsonite era stuff Favorite Themes: Ice Planet, Islanders, Technic Favorite Set in Collection: Whatever one I am working on :-) LEGO Claim to Fame: Corrected a typo in one of the LEGO catalogs -- Ron Carter \ Director \ Center for the Study of Creative Intelligence CSCI \ Denver, CO USA \ "AAAAUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!" rcarter@nyx.cs.du.edu \ - Calvin
From: adf4@lns598.lns.cornell.edu (Andrew Foland) Date: 21 Feb 1995 23:55:16 -0500 Name: Andy Foland Age: 22 (yrs.) Sets: 70+ Pieces: 9000 (??) Oldest: Alpha-1 Rocket Base (contemporary with the infamous LL924) Favorite Set: 375/6075 Yellow Castle Theme Interests: Castle, Pirate Current Projects: Battle of Borodin using red and blue Imperial Guards (and one hapless Townee as Pierre Bezuhov); Cathedral. Anyone who finds/has blue Imperials will contribute greatly to the cause (though I gather I'm competing with Erik Wilson in this regard.)
From: kcg@vnet.ibm.com (Kevin Griffin) Name: Kevin Griffin Age: 24 M.S.: Single Kids: None Employment: Software Engineer Number of Sets in Collection: 79 Number of Pieces: Unknown Oldest Set: A set with faceless Lego figures. Favorite Themes: Space Favorite Set in Collection: Galaxy Explorer Location : Rochester, MN
From: jonesnm@mail.auburn.edu (Nancy M Jones) Name: Randall Jones Age: 41 M.S.: Married Kids: Preston,13 and Alana,10 Employment: Pediatrician # of sets: 45 or so Oldest Set: Basics sets from about 1984 Favorite Themes: Alana and me: Castles: Preston: Space, by far Favorite Set: Mach II Red Bird Rig Model Team (new this Christmas) Education: University of Georgia and Medical College of Georgia
From: Chad Leinaweaver <cleinawe@lynx.dac.neu.edu>
Name: Chad Leinaweaver
Age: 23
M.S.: single
Kids: not quite yet
Employment: graduate student of history at Northeastern University
in Boston
Number of Sets in Collection: 75-150
Number of Pieces: 10,000+
Oldest Set: Basic sets from the mid-seventies
Favorite Themes: Town
Favorite Set in Collection: Main Street (from 1980)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts cleinawe@lynx.neu.edu
From: cando@dorsai.org (Alex) Name: Alex Lis Age:18 Married: No Kids: No Employment: Electrical/computer Engineering student. Number of sets: Unkown, all pieces semi-sorted by type (plate, brick, window, etc) in containers. Number of pieces: Between 25000 - 26000 (close estimate). Oldest set: Original Main Street Fire Department set + unkown set circa 78-79. Favorite themes: B Favorite set: Technic pneumatic line & older main st. sets. Education: ...getting there.. credit by credit... Notes: Build (only) large, fully detailed (inside, out) buildings. Biggest gripe: Not being able to buy Lego in large quantities & LSAHS not having and WHITE WINDOW & DOOR SETS!!!!!! Red windows don't stand out with RED brick!!
From: Barry Shell <shell@sfu.ca> Name: Barry Shell shell@sfu.ca Age: 43 M.S.: Married Kids: 7YO son Sam Employment: Science Writer/ Hacker Number of Sets in Collection: 20 + Number of Pieces: Thousands + Oldest Set: ca. 1989 Favorite Themes: motorizing, Castles, Vehicles, Technic and New Aquazone Favorite Set in Collection: The electric motor and battery pack. Location: Vancouver, BC Canada Bragging: Interested in putting together an on-line team to create a Lego CD-ROM software game that allows you to build virtual 3D models rotate them, animate them and even play with others over the network. Ideally, in the true sense of the hacker ethic this would be shareware. I'm collecting ideas and names of interested programmers.
From: teel@is2.nyu.edu (teel) Name: Kay Teel Age: 27 Married: No Kids: No Employment: Librarian Number of sets: Circa 30, maybe Number of pieces: No idea Oldest set: I had basic building sets as a kid, which my wicked parents gave to a yard sale! The oldest set that I still own is one of the little blue spaceships, bought in 1986. Favorite themes: Pirates, Castle. Favorite set: Black Seas Barracuda. Education: B.A., History, Boston University; M.S., Library Science, Columbia University. Notes: Some well-meaning friends bought me some Paradisa for Christmas. Although I like the roulette wheel, and the ice cream truck is kinda nifty (esp. the yellow drawer that pulls out), I hate the pastel colors! Yuck!
From: David G Williams <dgwillia@willamette.edu> Date: Mon, 6 Mar 1995 20:20:50 -0800 Organization: Willamette University, Salem, OR, USA Name: David G. Williams Age: 20 E-Mail Address: dgwillia@willamette.edu Marital Status:Single Kids:NONE Employment: Student Location: Salem, OR Number of Sets Owned: I am not quite sure of this number. I have two huge boxes filled with legos. I'm thinking, somewhere in the hundreds. Number of Pieces: Again this is rather ambiguous. See above. Oldest Set: circa 1980 Favorite Theme(s): Definitely the Town Theme Favorite Set(s): I am rather partial to both the aquatic motif, i.e. the fire ship and the police and coast guard boats. I also have a certain flare for aviatic themes. I have a circa 87 airport that I enjoy. I must say, however, that I have always enjoyed purchasing the little sets. When I was a Kid I would save my allowance til I got like ten dollars and then go to Toys-R-Us and buy the most I could with that. I was never much into playing with the stuff I built. I mostly enjoyed building things and since most of my sets don't have the directions with them I was forced to use my imagination more than once. Thank goodness. When I would get stuck without a piece to fit a certain way. I would whip out the graph paper and design the piece that I desired. I think several times I had my mom mail them to Lego. I don't know if she ever did because I never got a response; however, some pieces that exist today bear a striking resemblence to those that I had designed...hmmmm. I think that my best creation was built around 85 or 86. I built a ski resort in my room. By propping up my bed sheets on chairs and such I created the mountains(I didn't have enough pieces to build a mountain out of Lego's at the time.) I built several chair lifts and a gondola that went from the top of one mountain to the top of the adjacent one. This resort was complete with several mountain top restaurants and a chateau at the base. I even had a parking lot filled with cars...It was a busy saturday. I think I took a picture of it. I have no Idea where those are but now I want to go find them. Well, I may have gone a bit long on this roll call thing, but I enjoy talking about my childhood legos. I regret not bringing at least some of them to college with me. I do purchase a set now and then and enjoy them to the fullest. After writing this my interest has been peaked, I would be interested in hearing about CREATIVE creations...not just the typical town setting or moon scape. Let's hear the good ones. Again, I apologize if this has gone longer than usual, but If you read it all, then I appreciate it and look forward to hearing about your creations/inventions.
From: weldridg@haverford.edu (William Eldridge Lemming Ultimate) Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 18:26:14 -0300 Organization: Haverford College Name: Robert DeRose Age: 22 Marital Status: not that I know of Kids: just me Education: I plan to receive my B.S. (Biology) in May, then it's off to grad school Number of sets owned: about 25-30 (including old ones that have been permanently dismembered) Number of pieces: probably a few thousand Oldest set: I have the mid-'70s Hospital and Fire Station, from the time when minifigs didn't have movable arms and legs Favorite sets/themes: Space in general, especially Spyrius. Probably 80% of my sets are various space themes. I've also managed to get the two smallest Aquazone sets (Sea Sprint 9 and the little Aquashark guy), and if I ever find the bigger Aquazone sets in the local stores they'll probably become new favorites. Probably my favorite single set is the Spyrius Saucer Centurion.
From: Captain Jingle <vandercl@grfn.org> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 20:51:02 -0500 (EST) Organization: Bethany Christian Services Name: Bob VanderClay Age : 19 M.S. : Single Kids : None Employment : Student Number of sets : Approximately 45 Pieces in collection : probably somewhere near 5000 Oldest set : Can't remember exact set name, a poice station from circa 1980. I think... Favorite themes/sets : Space. Although the new Aquazone is beginning to win me over. Well, I'd like to introduce myself to this newsgroup. I've played with LEGO as far back as I can remember. Unfortunately though, as I matured, LEGO became less of a focus of my life, and too much of a cost, so I end through a period where I bought LEGO very infreqently. (As know as the Dark Ages). With my introduction into the Internet, I quickly found this group, and my interest in LEGO was perked. Hearing discussion of the new Aquazone really made me want back into the world of LEGo, well here I am, a few months later, a few hundred dollars less, and with about 20 more LEGO sets. It feels good to be back into it. I forgot how much I love the sound of new LEGOS in a box. Hee-hee.
From: thomas (Thomas JACQUES aka 'Woody') Date: 21 Jan 1995 11:49:39 GMT Organization: Ecole Centrale Paris, France Name: Thomas JACQUES Age: 21 M.S.: single Kids: none Employment: Student in Engineering Number of Sets in Collection: about 15 Number of Pieces: 3427, plus half a spaceman's helmet Oldest Set: early 80's: the 2 very first space sets Favorite Themes: Space & Technic | e-mail: thomas@jenlain.via.ecp.fr | | jacquet7@cti.ecp.fr | | phone: (1) 46.83.79.48 |
From: bigb@citation.ksu.ksu.edu (Bryan K Klostermeyer) Date: 20 Jan 1995 11:57:16 -0600 Organization: Kansas State University Sender: bigb@ksu.ksu.edu Name: Bryan Klostermeyer AGE: 22 M.S: Single, not looking KIDS: My roommate is pretty childish EMPLOYMENT: Chemical Engineering student at Kansas State Univ. NUMBER OF SETS: 50-60, I think NUMBER OF PIECES: Not nearly enough :) OLDEST SET: Early 80's space set FAVORITE THEMES: Castle, Pirate, Old space FAVORITE SETS: X-1 Patrol Craft spaceship; Whirlwind Rescue helicopter
From: jgarden@prograph.com (John Garden) Date: 26 Jan 1995 11:04:32 -0400 Organization: Prograph International Name: John Garden Age: 30 M.S.: 5 weeks !! Kids: Mike (12) - acquired in expansion draft - see above Employment: Programmer/Prographer Number of sets in collection: ~10 Number of pieces: ? Oldest Set: ? Favorite Themes: Technics, Pirates Favorite Set: 8868 Air Tech Claw Rig Education: BSc - Dalhousie University, MCS (almost 8-) Technical University of Nova Scotia Notes: All mine is Technic. The master plan is to build a large, completely autonomous robot with a micro-controller brain and 2K of intelligence. Currently side-tracked by all the other cool things Technic can do (that, and the fact that the dog got hold of the brain). Mike has a million sets (all themes) and a kazillion pieces, just waiting to be expropriated when I need them. Carla just got her first set - the Blue Fury. It's fantastic.
From: randyf@u.washington.edu (Randy Fabro) Date: 22 Jan 1995 05:40:31 GMT Organization: University of Washington Name: Nathan Fabro Age: 12 M.S.: are you kidding Kids: none except me Employment: Student Number of Sets in Collection: 50+ Number of Pieces: lots and lots Oldest Set: 1987 don't know what it's called Favorite Themes: SPACE (federation sets) Aquazone Favorite Set in Collection: Ice Station Odessy and Alphpa Centauri Outpost NAthan A. Fabro (NAte) lego collector since 1987
From: wette001@gold.tc.umn.edu (Eric Wetterlind) Organization: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 03:23:31 GMT Name: Eric Wetterlind Age : 24 MS : Married Kids : No Education : CSci and Computer Engineering Occupation : Software engineer Number : Around 10000 (had some time to kill when wisdom teeth pulled) Sets : Around 100 or so. Favorites : Castle, Ice Planet Last Creation : A cool castle with a couple of draw-bridges (about 2'x2'x2'). It underwent a seige, though. My cat powered his way through the royal guard and made off with the princess. Took a while to find her head :) Just catching up on reading this group and a lot of people were referring to an old conveyor belt thing. I have this set (545 Conveyor station) with full instructions. Others mentioned were the London bus (760) and that rescue helicopter (480 or 770 <- one of which had an ambulance, too). They bring back memories. These sets are all from around '73-'75. My brother (avid collector, too) and I used to build space ships (fighting over the LL924 pieces from the Space Cruiser) and then put them through drop tests. The less that fell off from the highest distance won. Didn't really accomplish much, but passed the time and kept mom happy.
From: kiyose@beauty.ucsb.edu (Kiyose Ryu) Date: 27 Mar 1995 19:12:45 GMT Organization: University of California, Santa Barbara Name: Daniel Sabath Age: 23 Occupation: Inbetween schools I have a BA in Aquatic Bio and am taking time off before grad school. Oldest Set: I first got one of those firemens sets w/ the figures w/o movible arms but i don't know what happened to it...the oldest set i still have is the miniture and older version of a Galaxy Explorer look alike. BTW it is still assembled as i don't have the instructions... Number of sets: 200+ Number of pieces: ??? lots. Favorite type of set: space though they are finally geting around to my field with the aquazone...i have a rather nice mobile hanging above the dining room table ( and a very understanding SO). The model team sets also attract my $$$. Biggest pet peeve w/ lego: the reduction and combination of pieces in some sets. eg the walls in the castle sets. I don't mind specialization of pieces but making one piece that can only be used for that one thing when it could be done with a few more 1xX and 2xX's almost lost lego my business. Kids: Just me and my SO. e-mail: kiyose@peak.org kiyose@mcl.ucsb.edu
From: jalling@winboss.dk (jalling@winboss.dk)
Date: 28 Mar 95 00:14:24
Organization: WinBoss: Yet Another Point/2
Name: Niels Jalling
Age: 42
E-Mail Address: jalling@winboss.dk ( jalling@ibm.net)
Marial Status. Married for 16 years
Kids: 4 ( 3y,boy; 6y,girl; 9y,girl; 12y,boy )
Employment: Systems programmer
Location: Frederiksberg (part of Copenhagen), Denmark (Home of LEGO)
Number of sets: 0, But my kids have more than 100 ranging from basic DUPLO
to the latest Technic sets.
Oldest set: Cant say. I have played vith LEGO as long as i can remember. My
grandmother (and later my mothers sister) had a toys shop in a small town,
Hobro. My aunt was the one of the best shops to visit when looking for the
newest, and largest LEGOsets, the LEGO rep says. Unfortunately she had to close
the shop before Christmas last year (she is 78 years old).
When I was a kid, the number of different LEGO bricks was very limited. We only
had the standard bricks, later the flat bricks came. Doors and windows vere
placed in an recess in the brick, doors was 2 dots wide and 3 blocks high,
windows 2 or 4 dots wide and 2 blocks high. There vere no tubes in the bricks
to keep them together. We could go to the toys shop and buy 1 single brick !!
Lego only produced a small number of gift sets. A garage, a gas service
station, a church, a villa as far as I remember.
At the same time as introduction of the tubes in the bricks, a new style of
doors and windows with frames vas introduced. The windows came in sizes from
1*1 to large shop windows. (I have a dealers box only missing a few doors and
windows)
LEGOLAND in Billund, I have been there twice. Its nice looking place but there
are too many people visiting the relative small area. Too much time is used for
waiting.
Well this must be enough for now. I'll return with more LEGO history another
time :-)
Bye, Niels Jalling
PS: besides playing LEGO with my kids I collect and play with Meccano/Erector.
Its much easier to build a clock with :-)
From: davidric@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Ricardo David ) Date: 28 Mar 1995 03:53:05 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Name: Ricardo(Rick) David Age: 24 Marital Status: Single Occupation: Finishing Master's in Mech. Engr. about to go engineer cars for the Ford Motor Company. Oldest Set: Just took a peek at my old lego collection at home and don't know what my oldest set is but probably a vintage '72-74 set. Number of Sets: No idea, just a box of stuff, but I just bought 5 new sets. Number of Pieces: No idea. Favorite Type of Set: Love the current Space Shuttle sets, just bought all of this type except the airplane/shuttle combo. Biggest Pet Peeve: Why are they making pieces that should be 6 stacked pieces as just on piece 6 pieces high. Just stared lurking around this newsgroup about a week ago and have since gone lego mad. Last weekend I went home and collected all of my old lego together. Since I will start working soon I can't wait to spend some of my new money on Lego. I hope to build a complete lego town. As a start I have my own Cape Canaveral(sp?) already with my lego buying spree last week. It feels good to know that since my lego town is just an idea in my head I can use this group as friendly resource to make it the best it can be. So much to buy so little money! -- email: r-david1@uiuc.edu WWW: http://www.cen.uiuc.edu/~rd5130/rickhome.html
From: Ken Schiele <pcs@halcyon.com> Date: 29 Mar 1995 03:47:15 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Name: Ken Schiele Occupation: General Manager / Instructor at PCS-Redmond Education: BSME, Gonzaga U. 1993 (Are all the technic freaks MEs?) LEGO history: Sure, I had LEGOs when I was a kid, but through various moves, lost 'em all. The real stuff is more recent. I started working for PCS during my senior year of college. PCS was started about ten years ago in Nampa, ID by Pat McShane. For more details on present day PCS, check out: http://www.halcyon.com/pcs/pcshome.html I could go into details, but suffice it to say that PCS does alot with technic LEGOs. After finishing a DRY four-year ME program far to heavy on the theory, LEGOs were a godsend. So I've been lucky enough to say that I just about get paid to play with LEGOs. Robotic arms, 5 foot ferris wheels, and the usual bunch o' amitious LEGO projects, all for work. I am lucky. --------------------------- On another note: I saw that bruce@algol.demon.co.uk posted some info about doing some efficiency testing on worm gear gear-trains. I'm interested in having the various PCS schools continue with the testing, and would love to hear from any that have done anything in this arena. Ken S. at PCS soon to be pcsred@blarg.com
From: rsather@wimsey.com (Robin Sather) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1995 07:48:34 GMT Organization: Wimsey Associates Name: Robin Sather Age: 29 MS: Married (to the older sister of Tim Westcott - a regular contributor to RTL!) Kids: Nope! Occupation: Self employed computer consultant/programmer # of sets: almost 200 # of pieces: roughly 26,000 (I actually only counted 2/3 of the sets from box counts, and estimated the rest) Oldest set: Oldest set would be a small red & white freighter from 1965 (no number), although I've gots lots of really old stuff! Fave themes: Castle and Technic (but I love them all!) Fave set: probably 6077 (Forestman's River Fortress), 8880 (Super Car), but alas I love them all! Miscellaneous comments & opinions (I've wanted to respond for so long!!!): (This will probably dredge up all those old threads!) 1) You gotta love this news group! It's so refreshing to see people HAPPY for a change. Takin' it easy, having fun! Don't ever change it. 2) Keep ALL lego stuff in one newsgroup, including auctions, all themes, etc. 3) Regarding specialized vs. basic pieces; I love having lots of basic pieces, to build with bulk and size. I also love having specialized pieces, for added realism and detail. Thankfully, I can buy lots of both types of sets, especially this year, with the new freestyle sets with just 1xn's and 2xn's (set number 1715 - 400 pieces for about $15, or 1717 soon with 600!). So I don't want to hear any more complaining! 4) Regarding copying/distributing instructions; I think it's a bad idea to do anything illegal, especially right under Lego's nose! If I lost a set of instructions for a set I own, I would try to get them from Lego first, then perhaps from the net. If I simply want the instructions, I think I'm out of line going to the net for them. We should simply keep lobbying lego to reissue them in books, CD ROM or whatever. 5) Lego CAD; I've seen probably 5 "serious" attempts at this sofar. Look guys, give it up! Do you have any idea of the complexity of the task! Lego must use something in house. Again, we should lobby Lego to make it available to Lego computer maniacs (and that's us, folks!). 6) People have dissed good ole' Jeff Crites for his Castle Listing (I know this is an old thread, but anyway ...) You gotta love him! I mean that. I appreciate his Castle listing, and have used it on occasion to identify some old sets. If you don't like the listing, ignore it. I don't like the price estimates, but as he is extremely careful to point out, these are simply observations of what has actually happened on the net, so they're accurate! Keep it up, Jeff! 7) You also gotta love Todd Lehman. People like him are the backbone of this group, people. "Auczilla". What a concept. All of us, whether buying or not, drool all over our keyboards just looking at the listing (496 gold coins, 25 black horses, 48 castle corner walls ... drip, drip). You help to keep this group going. I'm looking forward to conversing. I can't believe how much money this guy must spend !! 8) Although I don't see his name as often, I think Dik Winters is the "Old man", the guru, the "Grand Poobah" of the net. He has the most info about really old stuff (ie. Fabuland in recent posts), and I'm glad he's still logging on to monitor what's going on. Anyhow, good to meet you, sir! 9) Stickers, decals, etc. Never use them, store them, look at them, but never actually stick them on. Too much hassle! My 2 cents.
From: schmitdj@cda.mrs.umn.edu (David J. Schmitz) Organization: University of Minnesota, Morris Date: Sat, 10 Jun 1995 22:51:48 GMT Name: David Schmitz Sex: M Age: 20 Marital status: Not technically, but practically Children: Only myself Occupation: Retired Proletarian turned Student # of sets in LEGO collection: who knows? # of LEGO pieces: about three boxes worth. Favorite theme(s): castle, of course. Favorite set(s): Galaxy Explorer, even if I have broken several pieces and lost the instructions. Current project: Building an in-scale castle on top of a rocky mountain, above a roaring sea. Needless to say, I need more pieces.
From: groves@noao.edu (Lee Groves) Date: 10 Jun 1995 23:04:00 GMT Organization: National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson, AZ, USA Originator: groves@yam.tuc.noao.edu Name: Lee J Groves Sex: Male Age: 35 Marital status: Married Children: One daughter, 7, lives with her mom, but is budding lego-maniac :) Occupation: Real-time programmer, National Optical Astronomy Observatories # of sets in LEGO collection: ~10 # of LEGO pieces: 7000 (some pre 1970, working 1st generation 4.5v motor!) Favorite theme(s): Trains, Technic Favorite set(s): Claw Rig. Current project: New load-n-haul and 2nd metrostation
From: slipstick@photobooks.atdc.gatech.edu (Gordon Smith) Date: 11 Jun 1995 00:28:50 GMT Organization: Photobooks Inc Name: Gordon Smith Sex: M Age: 24 Marital status: Single Children: None Occupation: Graduate Student in Physics # of sets in LEGO collection: Easily dozens # of LEGO pieces: Easily thousands Favorite theme(s): Expert/Technic Favorite set(s): The Supercar Current project: Split between making a new version of my walker and building an abbetoir for a friend (It's so hilarious to see the lego people grinning happily, ignoring the whirling blades!!!)
From: firedog@owens.ridgecrest.ca.us (FireDog) Organization: RidgeNet - SLIP/PPP Internet, Ridgecrest, CA. (619) 371-3501 Date: Sun, 11 Jun 1995 02:24:17 GMT Name: Regina Franchi Sex: Female Age: 25 Marital status: Sort of Children: never Occupation: US Navy # of sets in LEGO collection: ?? # of LEGO pieces: ?? Favorite theme(s): Castle Favorite set(s): Pirate ship Current project: Building a jousting scene
From: fuesz@aps4.anl.gov (Peter L. Fuesz)
Date: 11 Jun 1995 04:51:16 GMT
Organization: Advanced Photon Source
Name: Peter L. Fuesz
Sex: Male
Age: 24
Marital status: Married
Children: 1st due in Sept.95!
Occupation: Accelerator Operator @ Argonne National Lab., Chicago, IL
# of sets in LEGO collection: ~40
# of LEGO pieces: ~40 sets worth (?)
Favorite theme(s): Castle all the way babe!
Favorite set(s): #6085 Black Monarch's Castle & #6060 Knight's Challenge
Current project: A "model train" type landscape for my Castle kingdom,
currently 3, 4x8 sheets of plywood makes up the base.
I just gained access to the net back in March, and will be here for the
long haul. I've had nothing but fun, and enjoy all the help, comments
and yes.. the auctions!!
Peter
fuesz@aps.anl.gov
| Argonne National Laboratory |
| Advanced Photon Source |
| Operations Group |
From: muhl@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Redaxe) Date: 11 Jun 1995 05:01:49 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Name: Aaron Muhl Sex: Male Age: 20 Marital status: Not if it means sharing my LEGO! Children: Maybe once I grow up..... Occupation: Junior Electrical Engineering student at Purdue University # of sets in LEGO collection: > 100 # of LEGO pieces: > 10,000 Favorite theme(s): Castle Favorite set(s): Kings castle (#?) Castle Tavern set (#?) Current project: Building moat and bailey outpost, complete with gates, trapdoors, stairs, jail, secret doors, wizard lab, and treasure room. Trying to build keep to be somewhat historically correct. Also setting up scene with adventurers looking down on massive dragon army to scan in and place on home page. Always looking for sales, that seems to be the one ongoing project! http://cernan.ecn.purdue.edu/~muhl muhl@en.ecn.purdue.edu
From: mwong@bmcwest.com (Mark Wong) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 09:15:47 UNDEFINED Organization: BMC West Corporation Name: Mark Wong Sex: Male Age: 22 Marital status: Single Children: 0 Occupation: Unix Sys Admin # of sets in LEGO collection: 50+ # of LEGO pieces: Oh, please :-) Favorite theme(s): Space -- Ice planet, Aquazone Favorite set(s): Deep Freeze Defender, Message Intercept Base Current project: Converting all blue, white, black legos into Ice Planet stuff!!! Hey, I need more heat-shield orange pieces! Since everyone hates them, they wouldn't mind trading or giving away :-) ( Never tho Legos away ) OTHER: When the Command Center came out ( the base before the Beta-1 ) I collected every set up to the introduction of the Futuron stuff (perhaps before they were called Futuron). Got back into Legos with Blacktron I and then Ice Planet/Spyrius. Mark thinks _white_ aquazone hex pieces would add alot to the Ice Planet iceburg base he want to make. ( Never spray paint Legos ) mwong@bmcwest.com BMC West Corporate HQ CIS Dept. Boise, ID Mark Wong Sys Admin
From: dbair@omni.voicenet.com (Dan Bair) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 11:11:59 LOCAL Organization: Voicenet - Internet Access - (215)674-9290 Name: Dan Bair Sex: Yeah, I enjoy it as much as Lego Age: 42 but I don't look a day over 41 Marital status: happily divorced Children: Son Sam age 4 who got me into this Occupation: Stock Broker with Merrill Lynch for 19 years. # of sets in LEGO collection: 164 # of LEGO pieces: 12,406 (Okay, I'm a little anal.) Favorite theme(s): Trains, Trains, Trains, Town, and Pirate Favorite set(s): The Metroliner - Skull's Eye Schooner Current project: A town/train set that covers 5 sheets of 4 by 8 foot plywood that fills a 12 by 20 foot room. It currently has 250 pieces of track and 64 pieces of roadway. There are three trains but only two controllers. Four level crossways and two switching tracks. I have just built the airport and thanks to Peter Cook have an airport schuttle to add to it. I bought my first Lego for Sam 8 months ago. It was the Pirate ship the Skull's Eye Schooner # 6286. It was on a rainy Sunday morning when tennis was cut short and Sam was big into pirates. I firgured that I would slap this together in an hour and Sam could play with it the rest of the day. (It took a bit longer than an hour:>), and I was doing all of the playing, but I was hooked.) Sam loves all of his pirate ships and castles. The rest was downhill from there. It any one wants to talk trains or Legos just call me at 800 964-5480. I am on the look out for any old trains or any old catlogues. Thanks Dan Bair
From: aj700@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Chris Fretwell) Organization: The National Capital FreeNet Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 15:07:45 GMT Name: Christine Fretwell Sex: Female Age: 29 Marital status: Single Children: 2 cats Occupation: Computer programmer # of sets in LEGO collection: 70-80 # of LEGO pieces: 8000 Favorite theme(s): Castle & town Favorite set(s): Forestmen River crossing Current project: not really building, but to create a complete lego database, with every set, and every piece catalogued
From: dan@hegemon.demon.co.uk (Dan Smart) Organization: Not if I can help it Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 15:55:29 GMT Name: Dan Smart Sex: Male Age: 29 Marital status: Married Children: 0 Occupation: Programmer analyst # of sets in LEGO collection: 20+ # of LEGO pieces: ? Favorite theme(s): Technic (and possibly early space) Favorite set(s): The Car Current project: Lego computing - Roll over Babbage and Turing, I'm here, and I'm feeling silly. Also things that walk (stagger crawl etc).
From: norton@tardis.avid.com (Mark Norton)
Date: 12 Jun 1995 15:11:40 -0400
Organization: AVID Technology, Inc.
Name: Mark J. Norton
Sex: Male
Age: 40
Marital status: Married
Children: two: Cassie (11), Michael (8 + co-lego-maniac)
Occupation: Software Engineer
# of sets in LEGO collection: ~120, active since 1980.
# of LEGO pieces: kinda hard to tell, 8000+.
Favorite theme(s): I personally favor trains, technic and castle in
that order. Michael is dedicated to space models.
Favorite set(s): Load'n'Haul Railroad
Current project: I'm collecting Octan-related sets that would work
well with my trains, such as the Gas Station, Gas Transport, etc.
Other lego preferences include: I apply stickers that come with models,
but not stickers in Idea Books (Bill and Mary, for example). I sort
all my pieces in little parts drawers, which my son then proceeds to
randomize. I do not keep models assembled, except for trains. I don't
maim legos by cutting them or adding holes (but I've been tempted!).
My collection is strictly Lego-brand building bricks, but Michael has
been given one or two Megablocks sets that keep turning up with the Lego's
(aaarrgg!!! :-( ). I don't buy sets as investments, but given recent
trades with Todd Lehman, I may start. I don't mind auction updates in
r.t.l, but bandwidth is high.
In simple, I'm problably hooked for life.
From: aspect@cats.ucsc.edu (Christopher Taylor Oates) Date: 12 Jun 1995 21:55:50 GMT Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz Name: Chris Oates Sex: Male Age: 22 Marital status: None Children: None Occupation: Student # of sets in LEGO collection: Lots -- All castle sets but 3, a bunch of misc. space sets going back to Galaxy Explorer, a few pirates to augment castle stuff, at least one of each Aquazone set, etc. No town but what I got for spare parts & as part of multi-packs. # of LEGO pieces: Wow. Lots. :) Favorite theme(s): Castle, space, aquazone, pirate... Favorite set(s): Any of the old big castles, the Tavern, ??? Current project: The WolfPack Castle. Combining pieces from a Wolfpack tower, Majisto's tower, Dark Dragon's Den, Rock Island Refuge and other misc. pieces to build the Wolfpack a decent home. THeir numbers have been augmented through strategic purchase of pirate sets (Renegate Runner, pirate minifigs (including the woman) the island) and duplicate Wolfpack sets. With their alliance to Edmund the Black Falcon, they are a force to be reckoned with! No more shall they be mere gypsies who followed Robert back from his mad quest north... They shall... erm... I'm getting a bit arried away here... :) p.s. I'm a set-based collector for castles. The only set I don't have built is the Dark Dragon's Den, the original of which has been used for the Wolfie Castle. The other sets for that were purchased for the sake of building it.
From: bjohnson@osprey.csrv.uidaho.edu (Beej) Date: 12 Jun 1995 23:48:49 GMT Organization: Here&Now Name: Brian Johnson sex: male age: 24 married? Will be July 29- Yahooo! (no kids for a while) occupation: Graphic designer...soon to be a student again! # sets in Lego collection: 23 # of pieces: You can guess- i don't buy many big sets (money! :^P ) favorite theme: SPACE! Space Police II and Launch Command (i know-it's Town.) favorite set: Space Police Solar Snooper & Rebel Hunter(6897). Spyrius Roboguardian(6949). current project: waiting until i can afford the cool Launch Command shuttle launch pad (6339) Beej bjohnson@osprey.csrv.uidaho.edu
From: abjanes@aol.com (ABjanes) Date: 13 Jun 1995 13:20:31 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Name: Atle Bjanes Sex: M Age: 33 Marital status: Married - Laura - Lego enthusiast par excellence Children: David (5), Elisabet (3), Emily (1) Occupation: Engineer # of sets in LEGO collection: ? # of LEGO pieces: 11,864 Favorite theme(s): Town Favorite set(s): Old (1967-69) sets - eg. old tow truck (don't have the number here) still have all the instructions from back when I started with Lego, and, providentially, they are all in remarkably good condition! Current project: Reconstruct Pirate Ship 6285 gotten at a yard sale together with David who was _very_ excited when we got the two large buckets with Lego that included the ship. Especially since his father had banned Pirate and Castle stuff before (C'mon - we didn't have this stuff back when I was (am) a kid!)
From: ccollins@mathsun24.math.utk.edu (Charles Collins)
Date: 13 Jun 1995 18:33:12 GMT
Organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Name: Chuck Collins
Sex: M
Age: 33
Marital status: M
Children: John, 4 (it is really his LEGO, yes really, no I mean it)
Occupation: Professor
# of sets in LEGO collection: 20-30
# of LEGO pieces: 5000+
Favorite theme(s): (John) Space, Aquazone, Castle, (Me) Space, Technic
Favorite set(s): whatever we last built (probably the Aquanaut Sub)
Current project: (John) Small space ships, space robots, and overly armed
space guys
(Me) Whatever John wants, mostly larger space ships
From: DFINNEY@Jetson.uh.edu (Doug Finney)
Date: 13 Jun 1995 21:39:35 GMT
Organization: Not Likely
Name: Doug Finney
Sex: X
Age: 27
Marital status: Married (7 months :)
Children: Who needs 'em when we've got each other
Occupation: Programmer/Analyst
# of sets in LEGO collection: Good question
# of LEGO pieces: Better question. I'd guess between 10,000 and 20,000.
Favorite theme(s): Model Team, Aquazone, Space, Castle, Town, Pirate, Technic
(roughly in that order)
Favorite set(s): 5590 Whirl N' Wheel Super Truck, various others run a close
second.
Current project: 1) Get everyone's K-mart clearance sets headed their way and
and get what's left organized enough to start the auction
I've been mentioning off and on since my last one ended.
2) Build all the new sets I bought for myself at K-mart. I
did get the Sail N' Fly Marina together last week but the
Imperial Trading Post, Mach II Red Bird Rig and smattering
of smaller sets should keep me busy for some time.
3) Reorganize my collection. I've _way_ outgrown the "store
various pieces in the boxes from large sets" stage which
had served me so well throughout childhood. I also keep
forgetting to see if my Galaxy Explorer instructions are
indeed under the tray in the box like I think or if they've
vanished without a trace. :O scary thought
From: fperry@infohwy.com (Fred Perry)
Date: 13 Jun 1995 21:55:08 GMT
Name: Fred Perry
Sex: Male
Age: 37
Marital status: S.O.
Children: You must be kidding, they might want to play with my Lego.
Occupation: Organ Transplant Services
# of sets in LEGO collection: 597 as of June 1, 1995
# of LEGO pieces: Too many to count.
Favorite theme(s): Town
Favorite set(s): Train, Harbor, Airport & Shuttles
Current project: Just constantly acquiring more Lego to someday finish my
Legopolis.
From: Larry Katz <74431.56@CompuServe.COM> Date: 14 Jun 1995 12:38:08 GMT Organization: via CompuServe Information Service Name: Larry Katz Sex: M Age: 29 Marital status: Single Children: Nope Occupation: Systems Analyst @ McCormick & Co. Baltimore, MD. # of sets in LEGO collection: ~150 # of LEGO pieces: "billions and billions" - C. Sagan Favorite theme(s): 1. Castle 2. Pirates 3. Technic Favorite set(s): The Super Car is just tooooo cool !! Current project: Scouring the countryside on weekends looking for old castle lego sets.
From: kjohnston@macromedia.com (Kevin Johnston) Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 17:47:48 -0700 Organization: Macromedia Name: Kevin Johnston Sex: M Age: 32 (just today) Marital status: Single Children: "Self" Occupation: Software Engineer # of sets in LEGO collection: uhhhh... 600? (bad habit and I got it bad) # of LEGO pieces: tens of thousands? hundreds? Favorite theme(s): Castle (by far), Pirate, Model Team Favorite set(s): Camouflaged Outpost (first Forestmen set), Imperial Trading Post (a mere shadow of the one I REALLY want to build), Whirl 'N Wheel Super Truck, the early-90's Space Shuttle Launching Pad, the late-80's Blacktron Message Intercept Base (hasn't been a good space base since) Current project: Move to a bigger place so I can REALLY play with my Lego Favorite Childhood Lego Fantasy: the practical equivalent of an unlimited supply of Lego: any piece, any color, any time; I wanted to "wade" in Lego when I was a kid. Still do. :-)
From: Javier Ramos <Javier.Ramos@MAC.MB.WAU.NL>
Date: 14 Jun 1995 14:48:04 GMT
Organization: Wageningen Agricultural University
Roll Call?
Well, somebody can make a sociological thesis on the Roll Call material.
There is enough people even for making statistics!
E-mail: Javier.Ramos@MAC.MB.WAU.NL
Name: Javier Ramos
Age: 27
Nationality: Spaniard
Occupation: Oberkommandierender Kriegsherr... making Ph.D in
Molecular Biology in free time.
M.S.: (Or S.M.?) Multiple mess (three boyfriends and one girlfriend
at the moment. We are never bored).
Kids: Did you read the "Selfish Gene" or Heinlein?. I will clone
myself (not too many of them(me), probably they(me) will want
to be cloned themselves too...).
Cats: They use to like me. I do not care, provided they keep their nails hidden.
Number of Lego sets: 33 in the Dark Ages (1971-1978), around 140 since the
Rediscovery (1991, including things 1979-1995).
Pieces: You want them classified by type, color and date of origin?
Oldest complete set: A colourful train without motor from 1972.
Favourite set: London bus, I got it in 1974 for my 7th birthday. Never
dismounted (well, it is not true, but only part of the upper
deck). From more recent times: 6980, Galaxy Commander 1983, I
bought in a shop last September.
Favourite theme: I restarted buying Lego because of middleages Lego,
but suddenly I have found myself buying a lot of old space Lego.
Current project: I made my castle too impregnable. So, now I am
making big siege towers (I had a look at those Spyrius robots
and maybe...and those wheels...). I need more people for the
invading army. I expect 40% of casualties in the first 20
minutes.
From: michael@macros.cage.curtin.edu.au (Michael Deegan) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 95 21:02:17 GMT Organization: Chainsaws Anonymous Name: Michael Deegan Sex: Male Age: 23 Marital status: Single Children: None Occupation: Student # of sets in LEGO collection: 3 Technic, about a dozen or two of Town and Space stuff. # of LEGO pieces: Eek. Haven't counted. Not enough :-) Favorite theme(s): in order: Technic, trains, space, town. Favorite set(s): The big supercar... $-) Current project: None I'm afraid. Michael Deegan Ph +61 9 409 6261 michael@macros.cage.curtin.edu.au
From: mja@coffee.phys.unm.edu (Mary Jayne Adriaans)
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 95 15:05:48 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico
Name: Mary Jayne Adriaans
Sex: F
Age: 30
Marital status: not married, not taken
Children: none (but I'm looking forward to them, someday). I do have a
2 year old niece that I have hooked on Duplo, though. :-)
Occupation: Physicist (post-doc)
# of sets in LEGO collection: 135
# of LEGO pieces: 14,000
I was inspired by the way some people in this group keep track of
their lego collections, so I thought I would see exactly what I
had. Boy was I suprised. It added up faster than I expected.
Favorite theme(s): Used to be just a space collector. Started with
Mtron and collected every space set since. So the collection is
complete from Mtron through Ice planet. But wasn't too happy with
the Spyrius line, so I started branching out. Oh, what have I
done?!! Now I'll buy any lego set that looks interesting.
Currently I'm trying to collect the Forestmen sets. Wish I had
done that when they were first out.
Favorite set(s): Blacktron II Arial Intruder. I really like the way
the little cars roll out when you open the hatch! Any Forestmen
set.
Current project: Sherwood forest (hence the need for more forestmen!)
Built a waterfall last night. Looks pretty good if you squint at
it from a distance. :-)
From: bwilliams@rrddts.donnelley.com
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 95 18:06:14 CST
Name: Brian M. Williams
Age: 29
M.S.: Married
Kids: None
Job: Senior Multimedia Developer for R.R. Donnelley & Sons in Chicago,
Illinois; A leading developer of CD-ROM catalogs, journals and
directories.
Number of sets: 135+
Oldest set: #041 "Samsonite Preschool Bricks", 001 "Gears"
Favorite System: Train & Castle
Favorite set in collection: #6074 "Black Falcon's Fortress" and #6054
"Forestmen's Crossing"
Why I like collecting: I have wanted a Lego train layout since the
Christmas of 1978 or 1979 when, as a boy, I
saw an enormous Lego train display at Marshall Fields on State Street.
But the trains didn't arrive in the US for several years, and by then
I was into scale railroading. As an adult, now, I am pursuing my
childhood dream and building a Provincial Railroad layout out of Lego.
I also collect the truly adorable Castle line.
From: tvattima@ix.netcom.com (Timothy F. Vattima ) Date: 16 Jun 1995 02:18:16 GMT Organization: Netcom Name: Tim Vattima Sex: M Age: 28 Marital status: Married Children: 1 boy - 16 months old - Christopher - future heir to my collection Occupation: Computer Consultant (see my post on my Lego Database!) # of sets in LEGO collection: 680 # of LEGO pieces: >79000 Favorite theme(s): Town, Train Favorite set(s): Technic Super Car, Main Street, "Crocodile" Electric Locomotive. Current project: Moving into my new house!
From: jpritter@caliban.Princeton.EDU (Justin Ritter)
Date: 20 Jun 1995 16:43:12 GMT
Organization: Princeton University
Name: Justin Ritter
Sex: M
Age: 19
Married: Nope, not for a while
Occupation: Sophomore physics major at Johns Hopkins
# of sets: Around 50
# of pieces: 5000-6000
Favorite Theme: Castle (of course) and most of the Town stuff
Favorite Set: I guess if I just had to pick one it would be my
King's Castle set I got a while back. It was the
first one (I think) of the big gray castles, and it
was also the last set I got (until recently)
I've been out of Lego for a while. I've always wanted all
of those cool sets that have come out in the last five years
or so since I stopped getting Lego (especially the big
pirate ships). But I never had the money to buy them, and
my parents wouldn't have gotten them any more since I was
"too old". Recently, though, my summer job has given me a
lot of time to snoop around the net and when I found RTL it
rekindled the Lego fire. I'm just hoping I don't spend
too much of my summer earning on sets (I guess I'll just
have to go without books next year :)
While I'm at it, anyone out there know of a good way to win
my girlfriend over to the Lego side. We had fun putting
together the Rocky River Retreat (title?) but she isn't
completely hooked yet :)
From: jeff@jeff.teubner.com (The Nephilim)
Date: 20 Jun 1995 19:22:33 GMT
Organization: Oklahoma State University, Stillwater OK
Name: Jeff Thompson
Sex: M
Age: 27
Marital status: Married
Children: two (btw: grandchildren: 1 <g>)
Occupation: Windows and OS/2 software development
# of sets in LEGO collection: 80+
# of LEGO pieces: I may never know
Favorite theme(s): 1. Space 2. Castle 3. Space 4. Soldiers 5. The Rest: *1
Favorite set(s): 6950 Rocket Transport, and 6175 Crystal Explorer. *2
Current projects: 1. Getting ready to modify 6954 more to my liking. (Thanks
Margo!)
2. Dreaming about 6077 so that I can add it to my
'favorite' list.
*1 I thought about mentioning 'Space' a few more times, or breaking Space
down by year, but that's an exercise best left for other messages.
*2 Curiously, these are also my most recent sets. Tell you something? :-)
jeff@teubner.com "132 Interlocking Pieces"
[forwarded by Zachary S. Tseng --- DAK] From: kcameron@WOLFE.net (Kip Cameron) Date: Sat, 17 Jun 1995 23:25:03 +0000 Name: Kenneth Cameron (kcameron@wolfe.net) Sex:M Age:28 Marital status: Single Children:0 Occupation: Advertising Agency Owner # of sets in LEGO collection: Mixed open sets # of LEGO pieces: +/- 10,000 Favorite theme(s): Anything with big buildings, Police Favorite set(s): all Current project:none
From: lukeduff@inlink.com (Luke Duff) Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 15:18:09 GMT Organization: inlink Name: Luke Duff Sex: M Age: 22 Marital status: Single Children: Nope, but I have a seven year old brother that I'm trying to introduce to the wonders of Lego Occupation: Graphics Consultant # of sets in LEGO collection: 20 or so plus yard sales extras # of LEGO pieces: approx 5000 Favorite theme(s): Town Favorite set(s): I'm really into Octan stuff! Current project: Just got the train and my girlfriend and I are building a station for it. Wish I could get my hands on that Metrostation.
From: eahg199@aldebaran.oac.uci.edu (Keith Watanabe) Date: 6 Jul 1995 22:58:21 GMT Organization: University of California, Irvine Name: Keith Watanabe Collecting since: 1977(?) Number of pieces: ~25000-30000 Favorite themes: Castle, Town, Space, Aquazone Favorite sets: Fire stations, Starfleet Voyager Comments: Well, I feel like an old timer to this except when I discovered how long LEGO has been around. Right now, I'm trying to build up my collection into ludicrous levels (though compared to when LEGO brings their stuff, my collection looks tiny indeed). One One of my goals is to have my room pervade LEGO. Right now, I ran out of space on the desks and cabinet. Unfortunately though, I doubt my parents will have any desire to let me place my stuff around the house and I have no basement. Another goal is to re-create a place set similar to JJR Tolkien's Gondalin (wasn't that the enormous city-fortress with a castle mounted on top of a mountain?). The other goal is to create a situation similar to Macross except that none of the vehicles can transform into towering robots. Because of my interests in RPGs (esp AD&D), I'm attempting to create a Battlesystem setting using LEGO, minatures, and natural building blocks (no, not those you disgusting pervert!). However, since I lack many of the forestmen series, a natural outdoors setting will be difficult to create. Future ideas: Castle: Hopefully, LEGO will produce a village setting with Inn, farms, shops, etc. Town: An archology. Space: Anything but built with more stability as opposed to the Unitron sets. Aquazone: No Abyss!!!!!!! -- eahg199@ea.oac.uci.edu or kwatanab@clyde.ics.uci.edu
From: west@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Brenden M. West)
Date: 14 Jul 1995 00:01:32 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Name: Brenden M. West
Gender: male
Age: 23
Location: Champaign, IL
E-mail address: west@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (soon to be beowulf@prairienet.org)
Marital status: engaged (wedding = June 1996)
Children: none
Occupation: soon to be an English teaching (if someone hires me this
summer)
# of sets in LEGO collection: alot
# of LEGO pieces: a whole lot
First LEGO set: Legoland Main Street (I still have it too!)
Favorite theme(s): Pirate, Castle
Favorite set(s): Skulls Eye Schooner & Black Seas Barracuda
Current project: as soon as I move, I want to build a Pirate ship w/
all the middle sections from SES and BSB and hopefully with two full
decks: one cannon deck below, and the main deck above. Then, I want to
add retracted wings to the ship, thus creating a fantasy flying ship. If
anyone has any ideas on how to build really big wings with little to
no technic pieces let me know.
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: my yellow castle & knight's tournament (I
think that's the name, it's from the same generation as the yellow castle.)
Other: Happily, I moving into a bigger apartment in two weeks, at
which time I intend to get a large folding table (~$30 at Sams) to use
for lego building.
--
Brenden West
west@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
From: bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig)
Organization: Starfleet Headquarters: San Francisco
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 01:42:18 GMT
Sender: bskendig@netcom5.netcom.com
Name: Brian Kendig
Gender: Yes
Age: 24
Location: Redwood City (mid-SF Bay-area)
E-mail address: bskendig@netcom.com
Marital status: Nope
Children: Uh-uh
Occupation: Software engineer
# of sets in LEGO collection: 100?
# of LEGO pieces: 12000-15000?
First LEGO set: A little blue truck with red scooper, 1974
Favorite theme(s): Town (Train)
Favorite set(s): 487 Space Cruiser
Current project: Planning a big Lego train layout
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Having LOTS of old sets!
--
Brian Kendig
bskendig@netcom.com
ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/bs/bskendig/home.html
From: ssbb@halcyon.com (Shawnee and Bryan) Date: Sat, 15 Jul 95 02:26:31 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Name: Shawnee Sutton Gender: Female Age: 24 Location: Seattle, Wa. E-mail address: ssbb@halcyon.com Marital status: married Children: none Occupation: Program Specialist for a career development center # of sets in LEGO collection: I've never counted # of LEGO pieces: Ditto from above First LEGO set: Hospital from 1977 Favorite theme(s): Castle Favorite set(s): Love 'em all Current project: Battle ready castle; full of spikes, traps, etc. Greatest claim to LEGO fame: a great hall akin to the one in Beowulf.
From: robyn@math.ucr.edu (robyn deike)
Date: 14 Jul 1995 16:25:14 -0700
Organization: University of California, Riverside (Dept. of Mathematics)
Name: Robyn Deike (robyn@math.ucr.edu)
Sex: female
Age: 26
Marital status: cohabitated
Children: none
Occupation: grad. student in math
# of sets in LEGO collection: Sigh, not nearly as many as it used to be.
I had some of my Legos mailed out to my new home and UPS delivered
them to the house 2 blocks away. I never saw them again. I did get
financial compensation, but it just wasn't the same. The box also
had some of my best sports cards. Sigh.
# of LEGO pieces: I think they'd fit into 2 basic set buckets. I need more.
Favorite theme(s): everything but space (that's second favorite).
Favorite set(s): Coastal Patrol. I want a train.
Current project: Sorting, trying not to build anything until after qual's.
Past projects: Pneumatic drawbridge for my castles. Lately only small
artsy displays (now showing is an environmental piece: idyllic grassy
scene with animals, plants, and dozens of minifigs crowded onto a
platform overlooking it). I broke down and bought pink Legos at the
big Ic 'N' Save sale; I'll use them to make some transvestite minifigs.
Impressive Lego I've seen: my friends' rendition of the Bayeux tapestry.
-Robyn
robyn@math.ucr.edu
From: cgallagher@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu Date: 17 Jul 95 10:53:03 -0500 Organization: Georgetown University Name: Colin Gallagher Gender: Male Age: 26 Location: Washington, DC E-mail address: cgallagher@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu Marital status: cohabitating Children: none Occupation: Systems Engineer/Computer Consultant # of sets in LEGO collection: 20 # of LEGO pieces: please don't make me count! First LEGO set: Yellow castle I got for X-mas at age 7 Favorite theme(s): Pirate, Castle Favorite set(s): Any of the 62xx ships Current project: a) trying to complete my pirate collection b) a craving for all lego aquatic animals Greatest claim to LEGO fame: not storing all my Forestmen sets when I joined the Navy. My younger brothers procededed to claim them as their own and take all my lego with them when they moved overseas a few years ago. Colin R. Y. Gallagher CGALLAGHER@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu Copyright, Colin R. Y. Gallagher, 1995. Microsoft Network is prohibited from redistributing this work in any form, in whole or in part. License to distribute this post is available to Microsoft for $1000. Posting without permission constitutes an agreement to these terms.
From: Julie Oehler Schott <julie.schott@symbios.com> Date: 18 Jul 1995 19:23:49 GMT Organization: Symbios Logic Name: Julie Schott Gender: Female Age: 32 Location: Colorado Springs, CO E-mail address: julie.schott@symbios.com Marital status: married Children: Never Occupation: Firmware Engineer # of sets in LEGO collection:
From: jo@smokey.DIALix.oz.au (Jo Brock)
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 09:04:48 GMT
Reply-To: jo@smokey.DIALix.oz.au (Jo Brock)
Name: Jo Brock
Gender: female
Age: 34
Location: Adelaide, SA, Australia
E-mail address:jbrock@adelaide.dialix.oz.au
Marital status:yes
Children: 2 boys - 2 and 5
Occupation: reg. nurse, mum
# of sets in LEGO collection: 30
# of LEGO pieces: ?
First LEGO set: basic sets, then a little white house with
a blue roof and a little grey car.
(still have it but lost instructions)
Favorite theme(s): Town, (incl train, harbour, paradisa)
Favorite set(s): Paradisa horse ranch
Current project(s): Creation of a very busy equestrian complex using
as many horses and horse-related sets I can
find.
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: setting up all my town lego,
equestrian project as above
From: dennylynn@aol.com (Denny Lynn) Date: 12 Jun 1995 06:36:09 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Name: Denny (Denise) Friis & Frank Zahrt III Sex-yes we have it-sorry couldn't resist.Denny's female, Frankie's male Age-Denny-almost 26; Frankie 26 Marital Status-we've been happy w/ each other for 7+ years -so why ruin a good thing. Besides marriage certificates cost money that we can spend on lego:). You have to have your priorities in order. Children-no we aren't ready to share our lego, yet. I still have a hard time convincing Frankie he has extra pieces to his trains that I REALLY need for my castles. Occupation-Denny rodeo clown for the tire mounting area of Sam's Club (part of Wal-mart but I don't get a Wal-mart discount:( ). Frankie lead at Circuit City roadshop (car stereo alarm installs). Basically we're corporate slaves. # of sets in lego collection-one large china cabinet full of castles stuff, one dining room table of train stuff, miscellaneous models scattered around the house, a couple or three rubbermaid containers full of parts-how many is that? Did anyone count? # of lego pieces-please refer to above answer Favorite themes-Denny castle Frankie trains Favorite sets-Black Monarch's Castle (recieved for 23rd B-day) this was my 1st lego set (for you Non-Castle Geek Number Crunchers NCGNC it's set 6085). I'm not sure Frankie has a favorite. Current project-stealing Frankie's pieces :) Other interests-Frankie's a private pilot:) Denny's scared of small planes:(. Computers, Muscle cars, SCA - does anyone out there know of a cheap hobby? Pets-LOTS-rule one if it shows up feed it & name it-Currently feeding 8 or so cats 8 kittens-anyone want one? 3 dogs, 2 puppies & a horse. (Did I mention Frankie brings home strays?) Other members of household-Donna (24) Denny's little sister. She thinks we're kinda nuts & has little interest in legos except helping younger brother to build his. Cars-'66 GTO convertible, '66 Tempest hardtop, '67 Firebird convertible, '63 Falcon Futura convertible, '63 Falcon hardtop, '68? Falcon slightly(hehe) modified, '87 Ford F-150 pu, assorted lego cars. Disclaimer-I have know idea what's running today-Frankie has been known to swap perfectly good engines between cars because he was bored. He's not happy unless he's taking something apart or putting it together. I guess that's why he likes lego. More info than anyone wanted or needed (sorry). From: dennylynn@aol.com (Denny Lynn) Date: 20 Jul 1995 07:45:17 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Name: Denny Lynn Friis Gender:Female (denny is denise not dennis) this question was more fun when it was sex Age: 26 on Monday Location: down the street from Matt V. (orlando, fl) E-mail address: Denny Lynn @ AOL Marital status: mostly Children: nope birth control's still legal & I'm still not ready Occupation: Tire Mounting Customer Service @ Sam's Club # of sets in LEGO collection: china cabinet full & assorted boxes of unbuilt things # of LEGO pieces: If you want to know come count them - I'm busy playing w/ them:) First LEGO set:Black Monarch's Castle Favorite theme(s): CASTLE CASTLE CASTLE trains Favorite set(s): BMC & any catapult except the dragon throwing up Current project: trading Donna (my little sis) for Matt V's legos :) Greatest claim to LEGO fame: taking donna to matt's lego party Imaginary pieces- The lego whale (a piece I apparently only dreamed of & didn't realise wasn't real until I posted about wanting one.)
From: wizard@merlin.powernet.co.uk (Mr & Mrs T Toovey) Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 08:59:53 GMT Organization: Power Internet Ltd Reply-To: wizard@merlin.powernet.co.uk Name: John Toovey Gender: male Age: 31 Location: Milton Keynes, England E-mail address:Wizard@merlin.powernet.co.uk Marital status:Married Children:one Occupation:Car hire executive # of sets in LEGO collection:100 ish # of LEGO pieces:? I don't know. First LEGO set:cargo airplane Favorite theme(s):Castle Favorite set(s): Current project:Collecting old castle sets John Toovey wizard@merlin.powernet.co.uk
From: quinlanr@darwin.biology.QueensU.CA (Roberto Quinlan) Date: 22 Jul 1995 16:42:24 GMT Organization: Queen's University, Kingston Name: Roberto Quinlan Gender: male Age: 23 Location: home is Dundas, Ontario, school is Kingston, Ontario E-mail address: quinlanr@darwin.biology.queensu.ca Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: graduate student # of sets in LEGO collection: can't recall, about 50-60 First LEGO set: the space ship that looks like a mini Galaxy Explorer Favourite theme(s): castle, town Favourite set(s): Current project: hoping to find an apartment with enough space so that I can finally bring my LEGO out of my parent's garage, after 8 years of LEGO-less existence Claim to LEGO fame: Don't know if this is fame, but I have almost all of the early space LEGO sets. Only lacking Galaxy Explorer. Roberto Quinlan quinlanr@darwin.biology.queensu.ca
From: smdailey@smdailey.seanet.com (Stephen Dailey) Date: Sun, 23 Jul 1995 02:17:43 GMT Organization: OSD, Inc. Name: Stephen Dailey Gender: male Age: 28 Location: Woodinville, Washington E-mail address: smdailey@smdailey.seanet.com Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: civil engineer # of sets in LEGO collection: more than 7; exact number unknown First LEGO set: universal set, model number unknown; sometime around 1971 Favourite theme(s): Technic Favourite set(s): Technic 8062 (that is, until I can afford the Super Car!) Current project: dump truck with power take-off for tilt mechanism Claim to LEGO fame: two pre-Technic "Expert Builder" sets (960 and 961) Stephen Dailey Woodinville, Washington USA smdailey@smdailey.seanet.com
From: SDM52563@pcvan.or.jp Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 01:54:28 GMT Organization: PC-VAN, Japan. Name: Teruhiko Shinohara Gender: male Age: 34 Location: Japan,Hokkaido E-mail address: SDM52563@pcvan.or.jp Marital status: married (2 years) Children: son (age 1) Occupation: Managing Director of Lumber Factory # of sets in LEGO collection: 50+ # of LEGO pieces: ? First LEGO set: basic blocks of 25 years ago Favorite theme(s): Model Team & Technic Favorite set(s): 5550(I bought in London,I can't buy this set in Japan.) Current project: Getting the Model Team sets that are not bought in Japan. Greatest claim to LEGO fame: I am telling My friends(like Legos) r.t.l. :). Other: My son likes Duplos. Thank you. Terry
From: jlammiman@cix.compulink.co.uk ("John Lammiman")
Organization: Compulink Information eXchange
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 22:46:14 GMT
Name: John Lammiman
Gender: Male
Age: 41
Location: Northampton, Great Britain
E-mail address: jlammiman@cix.compulink.co.uk
Marital status: Married
Children: 1, Claire aged 7 who is my chief assistant and into Belville
Occupation: Computer Engineer turned Purchasing Manager
# of sets in LEGO collection: Technic = 16, Town = 3 Trucks, Castle = 1 +
3 Minifig sets
# of LEGO pieces: Haven't counted
First LEGO set: Of my own - 8042, but I worked my way through Claire's
Duplo and Basic Lego first.
Favorite theme(s): Technic and now Castle and Town. You guys have a lot
to answer for. I just had to have a skeleton and some knights.
Favorite set(s): I guess the 8880 Supercar and 8856 Helicopter... at the
moment
Current project: The new 8422 motorbike
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: None yet but I'll continue to work on it.
From: stroker@picard.cs.wisc.edu (Mark Stokosa)
Date: 5 Aug 1995 11:57:06 GMT
Organization: Rotor Air Service
Name: Mark Stokosa
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Location: Stevens Point, WI or Madison, WI
E-mail address: stokosa@cae.wisc.edu
Marital status: Single, but spoken for
Children: None as of yet
Occupation: Student, factory laborer over summer (Ack!)
# of sets in LEGO collection: 40-60
# of LEGO pieces: Enough to fill two standard-size paper boxes
First LEGO set: Not sure, but it may be an Exxon gas station,
circa 1980
Favorite theme(s): None, really; I buy for parts
Favorite set(s): Black Falcon's Fortress, the pinnacle of
affordable housing for lesser nobles
Current project: Making the Rotor Air Service WWW pages
(bios of characters, pictures of vehicles,
price scale for services offered, etc.)
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Co-creating the Rotor Air Service--the rowdiest
no-job-too-illegal Lego mercenary company
around
The RAS was created about six or seven years ago by myself and an uncle of
mine. He started me on building helicopters for various unsavory Lego
characters, and from there it took on a life of its own. The company has
existed in many different forms over the years, with only its setting
(an undisclosed island in the Caribbean) and a few central characters
remaining constant. The members of the RAS range from a bo-wielding chief
tech/bartender ("Mr. Clean and his staff will be pleased to serve you.")
to a financial consultant who was kicked off of Wall Street for making
investment choices that were a bit...too good. All in all, the RAS has
been the single best interactive storytelling device I've ever encountered.
Which brings up a question: Does anyone else use Lego people to role-play?
If so, how? My uncle and I worked well together, as both of us controlled
characters on both sides of the conflicts that had a way of happening. We
were both committed to realism, so logic usually prevailed over "I shot you
first" arguments. Alas, he moved out a few years ago, so I've just been
maintaining the Service and having it ready to play with for when he visits.
For those of you interested in getting an idea of what a RAS member looks
like, here's the standard uniform: white pants with black belt, pirate-theme
imperial torso with blue sleeves, black gloves, unique face, and head
covering of choice. Of course, seeing as it IS a mercenary company,
deviations from standard uniform are more common than strict adherence to it.
Enough of my fantasy world. This post is in response to the six hours of
smiling that stumbling upon this 'froup has caused. Even though you're all
just selfishly pursuing your own love of a deceptively simple plastic toy,
thank you anyway.
Mark
PS- I had no idea a "Forest Wench" was so rare. After hearing mention of her
in a few unrelated posts, I realized that I had purchased the Foresters'
River Crossing completely by accident a number of years ago. I went into my
people box, and sure enough, there she was. The upshot of all this is that
one, she and I have been reading posts together on rtl for the last two
hours, and two, no, I will NOT trade her. Play well. :)
http://www.engr.wisc.edu/~stokosa/
From: closr@ix.netcom.com (Elaine Wilson ) Date: 10 Aug 1995 16:32:02 GMT Organization: Netcom Name: Elaine Gender: F Age: 22 Mental age/status of inner child: Hard one to answer; my inner child prefers toys and books meant for the ages of 4 through 8, but my mental age is a different thing entirely. Location: St. Pete, Florida E-mail address: closr@ix.netcom.com Marital status: single Children: should be heard and seen. No, I don't have any. Occupation: Desktop Publishing Professional (whatever.) # of sets in LEGO collection: ten or so # of LEGO pieces: a thousand, I suppose, averaging 100 per set? First LEGO set: a Universal Building Set. I had it up until a couple of years ago when my heartless parents gave it to Goodwill. Favorite theme(s): Castle and Pirates Favorite set(s): That I have, Dark Dragon's Den. In the world, all of them. Current project: Eating a chicken sandwich Greatest claim to LEGO fame: I have an early Space guy (all white, red hands, planet on chest) who enters all my other temporally displaced models, rather Quantum-Leap-ily. He's quite well-known throughout my dining room. Other (non-LEGO) interests: I answered this already, and I almost started a Mac vs. IBM war, so I'm not going to do it again!
From: psoohoo@q.continuum.net (Patrick J. Soo Hoo II)
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 03:50:10 GMT
Organization: Continuum Communications Inc.
Name: Patrick Soo Hoo II (it sucks to start your life as a sequel ;_;)
gender: male, with infatuation for lesbianism
age: 22
location: Connecticut
e-mail address: psoohoo@q.continuum.net
marital status: Single
children: maybe never
occupation: recent college gradaute. (i.e. unemployed)
# sets in LEGO collection: ~30-40
# pieces: rough estimate at ~2000 (?)
first set: The claw-backed space vehicle, piloted by a Red space
figure (this is 6822 in Europe)
favorite theme: Space! ^_^
favorite set: The Galaxy Explorer and Galaxy Commander, neither of
which I ever owned, so they became holy grails to me. Space Supply
Station and Cosmic Fleet Voyager, of the sets I own.
current project: Cleaning up those long-unused things and making
repairs to broken pieces after a recent visit by young cousins.
("hurricane Corey and Theodore") Making tearful decision about
whether to sell these beloved old bricks.
greatest claim to fame: Having the most "advanced" weapon craft
designs and best color-coordination in the lego wars of junior high
school, with hard points, reactive armor and ability to be quickly
modified into multiple configurations (depending on the mission) by
changing removable parts stored at the bases. The rugged "Turtle"
series was our side's battle saint of the ground war, with the "Dragon
Turtle" the most feared ground vehicle around. Air and Space duties
were handled by the armored all-purpose "Starlite" interceptor series
(my personal favorite ones ever..don't you wish you were smart enough
to take pictures of long lost designs? ;_;).
But we lost the war because there weren't enough "good" pieces left to
make decent secondary vehicles to support the prima donnas. ^_^
other interests: video games, drawing, reading, movies
Pat
From: ophelia@umcc.umcc.umich.edu (Dawn Allen) Date: 8 Sep 1995 10:26:03 -0400 Organization: University of Michigan Computing Club (UMCC) Name: Dawn Gender: Female Age: 23 Location: Orlando, FL E-mail address: ophelia@umcc.umcc.umich.edu Marital status: Single but Living With Boyfriend Children: None Occupation: Purchasing Agent # of sets in LEGO: About 15-20 if you count little ones # of LEGO pieces: Enough to mostly fill a 5-gallon bucket First LEGO set: That I don't have anymore: some small basic set That I do have: Magic Shop Favorite theme(s): Castle, Pirates (forestmen, islanders) Favorite set(s): Don't have one yet Current project: Amassing more lego, just starting to collect again Greatest claim: Saddest Lego love story (I posted it)
From: Dave Michelson <dmichels@execpc.com>
Date: 9 Sep 1995 05:23:14 GMT
Organization: Alpha.net -- Milwaukee, WI
Name: Dave Michelson
Gender: Male
Age: 41
Location: Brown Deer, WI
E-mail address: dmichels@execpc.com
Marital status: divorced
Children: two wonderful boys! (Ben-7 Sam-5)
Occupation: MIS Director
# of sets in LEGO: 100-200, I'm just not sure, but I have all the
instructions so I'll have to add them up one day.
# of LEGO pieces: ?
First LEGO set: 6268 - Renegade Runner, purchased in 1994 for my
boy Ben. After that I was addicted! (So are my
"babies")
Favorite theme(s): boys love Castle - I like town, train,Castle -All!
Favorite set(s): It keeps changing!
Current project: Building a second level to our Train set-up
Greatest claim: None - although my collection is pretty
interesting.
Other Interests: Performed professionally as a comedy magician
("insult comedian") for business groups for 27
years. Retired from that last year to devote more
time to Ben and Sam. Investing in an up-and-coming
Magician who is breaking all box office records in a
Casino in Atlantic City.
From: THGroves@micron.net (Troy Groves) Date: Sat, 09 Sep 1995 13:17:11 -0700 Organization: Micron Internet Services Name: Troy Gender: male Age: 24 Location: Nampa, ID E-mail address: thgroves@micron.net Marital status: married Children: 1 boy, born 8/30/95 :) Occupation: Information Retreval Services (librarian) # of sets in LEGO: 50-100 # of LEGO pieces: several thousands First LEGO set: garage sale shoebox Favorite theme(s): castle and space, but i collect all Favorite set(s): 1715 400 bricks Current project: building a giant castle Greatest claim: building starships that take up my entire coffee table Name: Kristi Gender: female Age: 23 Location: Nampa, ID E-mail address: thgroves@micron.net Marital status: married Children: 1 boy, born 8/30/95 Occupation: speech communications major # of sets in LEGO: 8 # of LEGO pieces: several thousands First LEGO set: a redcross ambulance Favorite theme(s): town Favorite set(s): a yellow castle is what I have always wanted Current project: collecting city sets to build a train layout Greatest claim: giving birth to a perfect 5 pound, 1 ounce baby boy!
From: lewis@oscar.teclink.net (Lewis Beard) Date: 12 Sep 1995 14:05:07 GMT Organization: TECLink Internet Services: info@TECLink.Net Name: Lewis W. Beard Gender: Male Age: 28 Location: Jackson, Mississippi, USA E-mail: lewis@teclink.net Marital Status: Single, never been married Children: None Occupation: Programmer/Analyst # of sets in LEGO: about 50, of which about 20 are the non-small sets # of LEGO pieces: unknown First LEGO SET: some of the early space or possibly a giant construction kit with treads and motors .. I forget which was first. Fave Theme(s): Castle Lego. I like all the others too, however Fave Sets: Black Knight's Castle, Forestmen's River Fortress, Royal Knights Castle (love the new skeletons) Current Project: Break down all castle lego sets into components, divide lego men into 9 factions (falcon dudes, lion dudes, forestmen, royal knights, wolfpacks, black knights, dragon master warriors + dragons, majisto wizards + mercanaries on horseback, and undead legions (ghosts with swords and skeletons in black knight EQ), and building 9 factional bases for each group and photo- graphing them and putting them on my web page. :) Greatest Claim: Working on it ..... :) Lewis -- Lewis Beard lewis@teclink.net http://oscar.teclink.net/~lewis
From: rasta@PEAK.ORG (Eric Pilcher) Date: 16 Sep 1995 09:46:04 -0700 Organization: KallistiMUD - telnet mud.PEAK.ORG 4000 Name: Eric Pilcher Gender: Male Age: (How about instead:) DOB: 05/22/72 (requires less updating and reminds people to buy me LEGO gifts annually around 5/22) Mental age/status of inner child: I'm just a silly adult Location: Atlanta, GA E-mail address: rasta@peak.org Marital status: Married Children: None Occupation: Civil Engineer (still looking for work) # of sets in LEGO collection: lotz 'n' lotz # of LEGO pieces: zoggin' lotz 'n' lotz First LEGO set: 588 Police Headquarters Favorite theme(s): Castle, Pirate Favorite set(s): Imperial Trading Post Current project: Find a job to finance more LEGO Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Used a LEGO auction to help finance wedding Other (non-LEGO) interests: My Wife Mountain/Wilderness hiking/camping/backpacking Mudding (KallistiMUD) Dragons Fantasy Gaming (mainly D&D and Bloodbowl) -- -Eric: rasta@PEAK.ORG, gt7282c@prism.gatech.edu | http://www.peak.org/~rasta
From: martha83@aol.com (Martha 83)
Date: 16 Sep 1995 15:36:00 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
Reply-To: martha83@aol.com (Martha 83)
Name: Martha Brummett
Gender: female
Age: 42 DOB: 12/10/52
Mental age: 16 (it does not go any higher (emotional age: 2?))
Location: Denver, Colorado
E-mail address:martha83@aol.com
Marital status:committed (11 years)
Children: cat, guinea pig, gerbil, hamster, mouse, 2 hedgehogs
Occupation: accountant
# of sets in LEGO collection: 60(?)
# of LEGO pieces: ?
First LEGO set: Basic Box 555, gift of friends Kathryn & Tetsu
Favorite theme(s): Pirates (of Penzance), Castle (Ruddigore),
Town (of Titipu)
Favorite set(s): Knight's Challenge, Metro Station
Current project(s): costuming of minifigs as Marx Bros., musical
instruments, all leading up to construction
of Lego theatre, which at this point is going
to resemble Central City Opera House more
than Front Street Theatre, due to large
population of scruffy & redundant male
minifigs, who will do as miners in the house.
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: creation of faun minifig
Other (non-LEGO) interests: opera, mysteries, exotic animals,
astrology, Celtic religion & culture,
word puzzles, Neil Rubenking's
fantastic program BREKDOWN
Martha Brummett
Denver, Colorado
Martha83@aol.com
LEGO: DU-- BV-- TO+3 BO TR PA++ SP-- CA+++1
PI++2 AQ TC+ #+ S++ LS Hs F6060 M+ YB52f
From: botkin@pgh.nauticom.net ([Botkin]) Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 22:30:51 GMT Organization: Nauticom - Internet Access Provider Name: Kira Botkin Gender: Female Age: 11 going on 12 Mental age/status of inner child: Somewhere nearing four Location: Pittsburgh, Pa E-mail address:botkin@pgh.nauticom.net Marital status:Are you kidding?? Children: five: Boots, Tink, Frankie, Ginger, Oink (eat cat/dog/guinea pig food, worse than real kids. Real kids don't need scrathing posts and don't eat toilet paper rolls) Occupation: Seventh Grader, little sister to 15-yr old Ellen # of sets in LEGO collection:10 or so (hey, I'm new at this!) # of LEGO pieces: I don't want to even think about it, mom says way too many First LEGO set: Basic set with gears in it, #??? Favorite theme(s):all Castle, Islanders Favorite set(s):Skeleton Surprise (just got it today!) Current project:Green Kingdom (see http://www.nauticom.net/users/botkin) Greatest claim to LEGO fame: least amount of sets on the newsgroup? Other (non-LEGO) interests: herpetology (a black brick to all who can define it not out of the dictionary), Writing (look for me at the Pulitzer award show!), InterNetting, Singing, playing with my "kids" and my friends Shalom, Kira -- Botkin
From: andrews.76@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu (Ryan Andrews) Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 05:50:09 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Name: Ryan M. Andrews Gender: Male Age: 21 Mental Age: varies greatly, younger (12 or so) when with my legos, older (74, when dealing with the ever so competent schedulers at ohio state...i.e.."no I can't take that class then, I work then, you see I have to work to go to school, you know....etc, etc") Location: Columbus, OH E-Mail Address: Woah! Get ready: 1) andrews.76@osu.edu 2) andrews@cis.ohio-state.edu 3)111111.1150@compuserve.com 4) 70004.1200@compuserve.com 5)randrews@csi.compuserve.com Marital Status: Single, but still with girlfriend after over a year and a half Children: sort of, My girlfriend and I babysit her 2 year old cousin, who looks just like us. Occupation: Student, and Compuserve Customer Service # Sets - 13, and growing rapidly # pieces - Many... Three of my thirteen include Royal Knights Castle, the Black Knight's Castle and the Firebreathing Fortress First Lego set - long ago, I had many, the first two castles and a lot of the original space stuff, but it was all given to charity when I was in high school. Favorite theme -Castle by a mile! Favorite set - Black Kinght's Castle, but if I get hold of some of those forestmen.... Current project -Getting a hold of Forestman (I will take any, and make good money too, so let me know!!!!!!! Please!!! Lego fame - Still haunting my dreams, but If I do aquire some forestmen, Then I will have reached lego fame as far as I'm concerned. Non Lego Interests: Girlfriend, Computers, Roleplaying Games (Mainly Vampire..( I'm still waiting for the Gothic Lego sets (in my dreams...)), mainly the live action version of which I am in charge of the Columbus campaign (60 players in all), Anthropology and primate studies, Writing and Literature, and the two coolest tv shows in the world: The Simpsons, and The X-Files (can't wait for both premeres!!!!)
From: mommeeee@aol.com (Mommeeee) Date: 17 Sep 1995 12:48:32 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Name: Donna Politzi Gender: F Age: 29 Mental age: varies Location: upstate NY Email: Mommeeee@aol.com (soon to be terminated), Mommeeee@knighted.com Marital status: married 6 years Children: 4 yo boy and 2 yo girl (yes they love legos!) Occupation: see email # of sets: only 4 :( , though have about 5 duplo sets # of pieces: not enough :D First lego set: Pizza to Go Favorite theme: Pirate, Castle, Town Favorite set: oooh, tough one. Maybe Enchanted Island Current project: Trying to locate Town Main Street set to use for therapy for my son (he's autistic) Greatest claim to lego fame: working on that one...... Other non-lego interests: reading, school volunteer, internetting
From: hughesj@ucbeh.san.uc.edu Date: 17 Sep 95 14:02:21 EST Organization: University of Cincinnati Name: Jim Hughes Gender: M Age: 31 Mental age: Not very old, apparently Location: Cincinnati, Ohio E-Mail: hughesj@ucbeh.san.uc.edu Marital status: Married Children: 3 (Andy 5.5, Amanda 2.5, Alex 1) and they all play with legos of some sort Occupation: Intensive care unit pharmacist #lego sets: approx 50 #lego pieces: alot First lego set: As a child I remember a "basic" set (125) and the 420 rescur unit (ca. 1974-5). As an adult my first set was Technic universal set 8034 (ca 1990). Favorite theme: 1. Technic, 2. Trains Favorite sets: 8880 Super Car, 8854 Power Crane 8838 Shock cycle and maybe the Freight Rail Runner 4564 (we'll find out after Dec 25th when my son gets it for christmas). Current project: 1. The lego flight simulator (this is the prop plane 8855 + the control center 8094). 2. Trying not to play with the train before christmas. Claim to Lego fame: ? Other interests: Antique furniture (you think legos are an expensive hobby!), computers, drugs (see above)
From: tim.westcott@iflex.wimsey.com (Tim Westcott) Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 13:05:42 -0800 Name: Tim Westcott Gender: male Age: 19 Mental Age: 19 :P Location: Surrey, BC E-Mail Address: tim.westcott@iflex.wimsey.com Marital Status: Quite single... *sigh* ;) Children: like my Lego room... Occupation: Student # Sets - eep! many.. # pieces - um, two big Rubbermaid containers.. First Lego set - got two at the same time, #361 Garage, and #600 police car.. Favorite theme - Space! Castle is a close second.. I tend to lump Aquazone in with space for some reason.. Favorite set - #6980, the BEST spaceship Lego ever made.. Current project - Um, working on a very large vehicle, possibly goin to turn it into a moving rave ;) Greatest claim to Lego fame - Well, honestly, the little DJ guy I have created, replete with turntables :) Other interests besides Lego - Music, namely electronic.. I have a burgeoning studio in my computer room.. It's only burgeoning for now tho, I plan to do more with it :) I am not much cooler than that suggests... ;) tim.westcott@iflex.wimsey.com
From: colonr@jec305.its.rpi.edu (Cap'n Crunch) Date: 18 Sep 1995 10:06:00 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. Reply-To: colonr@rpi.edu Name: Robert Colonna Gender: M Age: 19 Mental age/status of inner child: 6 1/2 Location:Troy, NY E-mail address: colonr@rpi.edu Marital status:single Children:none Occupation:engineering student # of sets in LEGO collection: 200+ # of LEGO pieces:25,000+ First LEGO set: Coast Guard Station Favorite theme(s): Town, Space Favorite set(s): Deep Freeze Defender, Launch n Load Seaport Current project: Navy Perry-class frigate Greatest claim to LEGO fame: NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building (see it at http://www.rpi.edu/~colonr/lego.html) Other (non-LEGO) interests: mountain biking, Macintosh stuff, drawing
From: <your white pages>@csus.edu Date: Mon, 18 Sep 95 23:28:18 GMT Organization: California State University Sacramento Name: Michael Gender: Male Age: 14 Mental age: Weird Local: A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... E-Mail: N/A Marital Status: Three guesses Occupation: Student/Amature programmer # of LEGO sets: Probably < 100 # of LEGOs: I Estimate 10,000-20,000 First LEGO Set: Kings Castle and a REAL old Basic set Favorite Themes: Castle, Pirate, Basic Fave Sets: King's castle, Black Seas Baracuda, 25th Anaversary Blue Basic bucket Current Project: Hmmm..... making a starcruiser Greatest claim to LEGO fame: My giant castle, and having not disassembled the BSB after more that 4 years! Other Interests: Programming games, Web surfer extraordinare Operating System/Computer: IBM (clone)486DX running MS-DOS 6.2 Personal Quote: "Windows 95: The illigitamate child of System 7 and DOS", me, 3 weeks ago. :) Here's my LEGEEK code(hope I did it right...) DU FS ++++ FL --- HM ---- BV ---- TO ++ TR PA SP +++ CA ++++ PI ++++ AQ MT + TC ++ MOC ++++ # +++ S LS-- HSP A+ YB81 Well, that's it! Also, is there anywhere I can get spare castle parts(i,e. balconies, walls, corners...)? I have a really cool castle (Inhabited by Crusaders and led by the RK King), but it's mostly in Basic white bricks! Whaaa!!! :( That's it! :) -Michael
From: qrappan@ki.ericsson.se (Peter Andersson) Date: 19 Sep 1995 06:03:36 GMT Organization: Ericcsson Radio Systems Reply-To: qrappan@ki.ericsson.se Name: Peter Andersson Gender: male Age: 28 Mental Age: mostly adult Location: Stockholm, Sweden E-Mail Address: see above Marital Status: not married yet! Children: two, both girls, 2 and 3 years old Occupation: consultant engineer, electronics # Sets - 58, plus a lot of lego from my childhood # pieces - not a clue, a lot First Lego set - don't remember Favorite theme - Technic, Model Team and Trains Favorite set - Control Center 8094 Current project - to learn my children how to build on their own Greates claim to Lego fame - ? I don't have an internet connection on my own yet, but in a near future I will. Peter
From: gkomatsu@uhunix4.its.Hawaii.Edu (Galen Tatsuo Komatsu) Organization: University of Hawaii Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 10:50:40 GMT Name: Galen Komatsu Gender: Male Age: 20'ish Mental age/status of inner child: $000c Location: nowhere near any of you E-mail address: gkomatsu@hawaii.edu Marital status: dateless and desperate Children: Occupation: perpetual student # of sets in LEGO collection: 50+ (95% in the "collective") # of LEGO pieces: bwahahahahahahhahahha! First LEGO set: ? Favorite theme(s): original space line, Technic Favorite set(s): Supercar, Galaxy Explorer Current project: figuring out how to split 5 switch rails between 6 buyers... clearing floorspace to pull out everything... drawing up mental plans for a bascule bridge. Greatest claim to LEGO fame: fooled around with Technic gears and did 600:1 ratio (given what I had), _and_ cranked it a full turn =^) (sorry, can't think of anything else...) Other (non-LEGO) interests: Videogames: classics and "research", Kite flying, Devil stick'ing, Japanese language, Japanese music, Japanese culture, Japanese girls... (^_^) -- gkomatsu@hawaii.edu
From: guest@getnet.com ((Your Name)) Date: 20 Sep 1995 22:30:53 GMT Organization: GetNet, International Name: Gordon Thomas Gender: Male Age: 18 Mental age/status of inner child: 12 Location: Mesa, AZ E-mail address: gordon@pluma.com Marital status: Single Children: Nada Occupation: Internet Site Manager # of sets in LEGO collection: 400+ # of LEGO pieces: 100,000+ First LEGO set: 1979 space set (set# unkown) Favorite theme(s): Castle, Space, Pirate Favorite set(s): Anything with Falcons or Blacktron(I) Current project: Building a 10' by 10' land for medival warfare Greatest claim to LEGO fame: 15' square space colony w/supporting 15 ship flotilla (trashed my brother all over the place!). Other (non-LEGO) interests: Drawing, Paintguns, Music, Hot Chics.
From: ez054386@bullwinkle.ucdavis.edu (Dimitry Vladimirov) Date: 20 Sep 1995 17:59:31 GMT Organization: University of California, Davis Name: Dimitry Vladimirov Gender: M Age: 19 Mental Age: usually somewhere between little boy and old man Local: Davis, California E-Mail: dsvladimirov@ucdavis.edu Marital Status: divorced 9 times w/14 children, or single, I forget. Occupation: Facilities Services Mechanic at Genentech and Mechanical Engineering student at UCD. #Lego sets: (purchased new) about 30 #Legos: 35,000 - 40,000 First Lego set: basic (about 4 yrs old.) Favorite themes/sets: Technic and space. Current project: military-style jet airplane about 45 feet in scale w/fully retractable landing gear w/steering and shock-absorbing nose wheel. Greatest claim to Lego fame: building an operational mech/robot that had fully articulated joints that was sturdy and did not collapse when you stood it up or tried to move it. Other interests: TRACK AND FIELD (I compete for the university, 200M, 400M and 800M.) FOOD (8000 - 10,000 calories a day when I'm working out.) Camping/fly fishing. (My other two were computers and legos, but this kinda speaks for itself.)
From: tthomas@infinet.com (Tom Thomas)
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 22:08:25 +1000
Organization: InfiNet
Name: Tom Thomas
Gender: Male
Age: 39
Year of birth: 1955
Mental age/status of inner child: About 12!
Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA
E-mail address: tthomas@infinet.com
Marital status: Married
Children: 1 daughter
Occupation: Own/operate manufactured home community
# of sets in LEGO collection: 206
# of LEGO pieces: 34,588 plus 3-5000 more not counted.
First LEGO set: #717 Junior Constructor, circa 1965
Favorite theme(s): Model Team, Train, Town, Technic
Favorite set(s): 5590, 4558, 6399, 6484, 8680, 8880
Current project: Building all of the sets I have acquired during the last 10
months (mostly after discovering RTL!) Also starting to plan my LEGO
town, construction to begin soon.
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: None that I can think of.
Other (non-LEGO) interests: Dual-sport motorcycling (Honda XR250L), ATV
riding (Yamaha Warrior), snowmobiling (Arctic Cat Pantera), RV travel (25'
Barth motorhome), reading.
Tom Thomas
tthomas@infinet.com
He who dies with the most toys wins!
LEGO: MT++++1c(5590)TR+++2(4558)TO+++3(6399)
TC+++(8680)AQ++#++++SLS/LS++HsM+A+YB55m
From: "Dan \"Superdan\" Bailey" <superdan@krypton.mankato.msus.edu> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1995 14:15:21 -0600 Organization: Mankato State University Name: Dan Bailey Gender: male Age: 22 Year of birth: 1972 Mental age/status of inner child: main personality: 22 alternate: 12 Location: Mankato, Minnesota, USA E-mail address: superdan@krypton.mankato.msus.edu LEGO/home page url: http://att2.cs.mankato.msus.edu/~superdan/ Marital status: single Children: just my alternate personality, thanks Occupation: student/soldier/writer # of sets in LEGO collection: God Only Knows # of LEGO pieces: I can't count that high. :) First LEGO set: one of the basic block sets while living in Europe in 1976 Favorite theme(s): Ice Planet, Town (Police especially), and original Space Favorite set(s): The Deep-Freeze Defender Current project: establishing a Lego Police-State in my dorm room and subjugating my roommate with it also trying to finish and publish my first SF novel Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Would like to be reincarnated as a Deep- Freeze Defender pilot Other (non-LEGO) interests: Bicycle racing, the Cyberpunk role-playing game, writing science fiction
From: Charles Edward Millen <cem2333@tam2000.tamu.edu> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1995 22:37:06 -0600 Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Name: Charles Millen (Charlie) Gender: M Age: 21 Year of birth: 1974 Mental age/status of inner child: Somewhere between 2-8 Location: College Station, TX, when I'm at school Dallas, TX, when I'm at home E-mail address: ncc-elmo@tamu.edu LEGO/home page url: homepage: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~cem2333/ legopage: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~cem2333/legos.html legopage just has links on it right now Marital status: Not married Children: None Occupation: Student at Texas A&M University # of sets in LEGO collection: over 53 I'm guessing # of LEGO pieces: Yeah right! First LEGO set: I think that it was the Starfleet Voyager (6929) Favorite theme(s): Space Favorite set(s): Blacktron (I and II) I like the Unitron color scheme Current project: Just finished (I think) a ship with Unitron color scheme Working on a big BTII ship Raytracing Lego bricks Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Got to see the White House and Liberty Bell made of LEGO bricks Other (non-LEGO) interests: (other ways I spend my time) Church, gutar, programming, electronics, Star Trek, cartoons School (I'm a junior Computer Science major), raytracing
From: Eelco Maljaars <eelco@cornnet.nl> Date: 20 Nov 1995 13:19:08 GMT Organization: Delft University of Technology Name: Eelco Maljaars Gender: male Age: 21 Year of birth: 1974 Mental age/status of inner child: 10 years, 9 months and 3 days Location: Delft, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands E-mail address: eelco@cornnet.nl LEGO/home page url: not yet, coming soon! Marital status: single Children: 2 teenage mutant turtles (but then a bit smaller) Occupation: nurse (don't know the english male form this) # of sets in LEGO collection: 100+ # of LEGO pieces: ehhh.... First LEGO set: I thin kit was a basic set with houses and a eletric motor Favorite theme(s): Town, Trains Favorite set(s): The shutle lauch platfomr and all trains Current project: Trying to find some space in this one room I live in to put my town and train (very difficult problem to solve) Greatest claim to LEGO fame: ehhh...? What was that last one...?
From: beezer44@ix.netcom.com (Brian Zemach )
Date: 20 Nov 1995 14:29:41 GMT
Organization: Netcom
Name: Brian Zemach and son, Aaron
Gender: Males
Age: Me-46 Aaron-4
Year of birth:1949
Mental age/status of inner child: Mine alternates between 18 and 58.
My son' alternates between 4 and 24
Location: Chicagoland, USA
E-mail address: beezer44@ix.netcom.com; BAZ434@aol.com
LEGO/home page url:not that sophisticated
Marital status:I'm married, he's not
Children: I have two: ages 4 and 1. He has a surrogate doll with
same name as his younger sister.
Occupation: Banker, kid
# of sets in LEGO collection:Lots of basic blocks and accessories,
plus about 30 kits.
# of LEGO pieces: Never counter, but enough to completely cover the
floor of a 10x15 foot bedroom, which happens with depressing
regularity.
First LEGO set: That little rec vehicle with a trailer and powerboat.
Favorite theme(s): Aquazone is nice
Favorite set(s):varies
Current project:Sneaking kits and bocks into the house so my wife
won't find out how much I'm spending.
Greatest claim to LEGO fame:My infant has STILL not eaten a lego piece
Other (non-LEGO) interests:Astronomy, whatever Minx is into these
days.
From: gator@bistro.ebay.sun.com (ali perry)
Date: 20 Nov 1995 18:54:54 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc.
Reply-To: gator@bistro.ebay.sun.com
Name: Ali Perry
Gender: Female
Age: 31
Year of birth: 1964
Mental age/status of inner child: Sometimes 8 yo, sometimes 16 yo, never 31 yo.
Location: Mountain View, CA
E-mail address: gator@bistro.ebay.sun.com
LEGO/home page url: None yet...
Marital status: Married
Children: 1 child, Emily Edith 3 years old
Occupation: Senior Administrative Assistant
# of sets in LEGO collection: I'd quess atleast 50
# of LEGO pieces: I've never counted. I have 2 very large rubbermate totes full.
First LEGO set: 1976 (the year, not the set) I got my first basic set for
Christmas. It had clear roof pieces, swinging gates, and the
people had long, jointed arms. I combined my set with a friend's
set (and I had more lego than her) and then she moved away
and, eventually, gave the entire set away. I was crushed and
have been overcompensating for the trauma ever since I got
my first job.
Favorite theme(s): Town and Castle
Favorite set(s): Anything with cool pieces to include on my houses. I just
purchased the mega castle on Friday and spent the weekend
putting it together. It's a great set. My husband (what a guy!)
bought a pink set (Paradiso?) just so I could have the spiral
staircase that I had been eyeballing.
Current project: Keeping my 3 year old out of the lego bins until she's
old enough to appreciate them. Right now she leaves them on the
floor and doesn't know how to take care of them. We're working on
it. Also, she knows the legos are Mummy's toys. :-)
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: All the kids at my daughter's daycare want to come
over to our house and play with the legos.
Other (non- LEGO) interests: Playing with my daughter, quilting, hiking in the
foothills, traveling, gambling (slots and roulett in Vegas), and
writing.
From: yarek@gonzo.klg.com (Jaroslaw "Yarek" Kowalik) Date: 20 Nov 1995 17:46:39 -0500 Organization: KL Group Inc. Name: Jaroslaw Kowalik (Yarek) Gender: M Age: 24 Year of birth: 1971 Mental age/status of inner child: Circa age 10-12 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada E-mail address: yarek@klg.com, jkowalik@calum.uwaterloo.ca LEGO/home page url: none yet Marital status: Not married Children: None Occupation: Full time employee. Write Motif widgets for work. Recently graduated from University of Waterloo in CS. # of sets in LEGO collection: Well over 20. Lots of small stuff though. # of LEGO pieces: Dunno, next project. First LEGO set: Old type of a house, with minifigs with no faces, no hands, and that could not bent. This set was left in the old country... Then old style BASIC like fire trucks with men with large heads and multi-jonted arms (1970s), and with torsos made of 2x2 bricks. Older Space Lego and Technic. Favorite theme(s): Space (mostly old, but did not pay attention to Legos for pas 5 years, so maybe there is some new space that I would like). Technic. Favorite set(s): Super Car. Really nifty stuff (will have to get it for Chirstmas). Current project: Rebuilding all the Lego sets I owe (checking for defects/missing pieces). Greatest claim to LEGO fame: none Other (non-LEGO) interests: (other ways I spend my time) Programming, wood working, sci-fi movies and books, tai-chi... -- Yarek Kowalik -- yarek@klg.com
From: richards@uoguelph.ca (Allan Richards) Date: 21 Nov 1995 21:31:27 GMT Organization: University of Guelph Name: Allan Richards Gender: M Age: 20 Year of birth: 1975 Mental age/status of inner child: varies day to day Location: Ottawa, Ontario E-mail address: richards@uoguelph.ca LEGO/home page url: None <snif> Marital status: Single Children: None Occupation: Student Program: Hotel and Food Administration # of sets in LEGO collection: nearing 200 # of LEGO pieces: 6 ;) First LEGO set: Big Yellow Castle (375) Favorite theme(s): Town/Trains Favorite set(s): Airport Monorail (6399), L/S Vehicles Current project: Re-assembling sets after the last project (outdoor stage) Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Known by name at Miller's Toystore, in Truro, Cornwall, England. They look forward to my arrival each summer. Most of my Lego must have come from there over the years, and they give me lots of promo stuff (large advertising posters, etc). Other (non-LEGO) interests: basketball, campus radio DJ, dsktop publishing
From: Jim Merullo <jmerullo@tiac.net>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 20:09:50 -0500
Organization: The Internet Access Company
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Name: Jim Merullo
Gender: M
Age: 26
Year of birth: 1969
Mental age/status of inner child: 12
Location: Boston, MA
E-mail address: JMerullo.tiac.net
LEGO/home page url: None yet, but soon
Marital status: S
Children: none
Occupation: Computer Tech / goof off
# of sets in LEGO collection: 30 and growing
# of LEGO pieces: Bullions and Bullions...
First LEGO set: old truck with crain on back
Favorite theme(s): Town / space
Favorite set(s): Super car... my first really huge set!
Current project: "Lego Mission to Mars"
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Destroyed more peices as a kid
than anyone else!
Other (non-LEGO) interests: Mountaineering, hiking, guitar
From: r.de.bruijn@akam.nl (Robert) Organization: NLNet Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 09:48:10 GMT Name: Robert de Bruijn Gender: M Age: 28 Year of birth: 1967 Mental age/status of inner child: ageless/having a ball Location: Loenen, The Netherlands E-mail address: R.de.Bruijn@Akam.nl LEGO/home page url: working... Marital status: divorced Children: girl (2 yrs) Rose, boy (5 yrs) Nicky Occupation: System integration consultant # of sets in LEGO collection: app. 120 # of LEGO pieces: plenty First LEGO set: that was way back in '69. I think it was the old train Favorite theme(s): Aquazone, Unitron, train, forestmen, castle Favorite set(s): 6691 monorail Current project: still secret, watch rtl Greatest claim to LEGO fame: got published in Dutch Lego newspaper once Other (non-LEGO) interests: plenty
From: jefetved@interpath.net (Jeremy Fetvedt) Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 17:50:47 GMT Organization: Interpath -- Providing Internet access to North Carolina Reply-To: jefetved@interpath.net (Jeremy Fetvedt) Name: Jeremy Fetvedt Gender: M Age: 22 Year of birth: 1973 Mental age/status of inner child: I'll say about 12, wife will say 4 Location: Raleigh, NC E-mail address: jefetved@interpath.net LEGO/home page url: none (yet) Marital status: Married Children:1 (step son -- 4yrs) Occupation: Network Technician at an ISP # of sets in LEGO collection: ~30 # of LEGO pieces: alot, might fit in a really large suitcase First LEGO set: I have no idea, I must have been about 3 yrs old Favorite theme(s): Technic Favorite set(s): The newest supercar (8880 (?)) Current project: Computer control Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Keeping MY legos seperate from my 4 yr olds Other (non-LEGO) interests: motorcycles, 4x4's, SCUBA, caving, etc...
From: m-17868@mailbox.swipnet.se (Oskar Sandberg) Date: 24 Nov 1995 21:51:24 GMT Organization: - Name: Oskar Sandberg Gender: M Age: 17 Year of birth: 95-17= 78 Mental Age: Hmmm, 9 Location: Sweden E-mail adress: m-17868@mailbox.swipnet.se Lego/home page url: none as jet Marital Status: single Children: No, they would steal my legos :) Occupation: Student # of Lego sets in collection: Alot, 200-250-300 and it is true. # of lego pieces est. >30,000, filled to moving crates when I moved First LEGO set: Duplo rattle, at age 0.5 Favorite Theme: Space, the new undersea one is cool aswell Favorite set: The orginal Monorail Current Project: Mech robot, (1 meter tall) Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Built a roal on roal off ferry that fit +20 lego cars, and with lots of cabins, restaurants, and swimmingpools. With a complete harbor to dock it. Other (non-LEGO) interests: hhhhmmmm, sleeping, eating, and maybe a little computer.
From: train1@ttuhsc.edu Date: 27 Nov 1995 09:30:41 GMT Organization: Texas Tech Academic Computing Services Name: Derrick S. Ginter Gender: Male TEXAN Age: 27 Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of inner child: 45/On life support Location: Lubbock, Texas (Home of Buddy Holly) E-Mail Address: POLDG@TTUSHC.EDU LEGO/Home Page URL: None, but hoping to change that soon!! Marital Status: Single and getting desperate (send pics to my mom) Children: None Occupation: Police Dispatcher/911 Operator for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center # of sets in LEGO collection: about 25-30 # of LEGO pieces: Unknown First LEGO set: Some basic bulk brick set from the early 70s, a yellow wrecker with blue car, red double-decker bus, and a Dutch Windmill Set!! Favorite Theme(s): Space, Technic, Modellers Favorite Set(s): My own designs. Current project: YF-22 ATF (New US Air Force Fighter Jet)/updating my PC Lego library Greatest Claim to LEGO fame: Lego X-Wing (minifig scale), Lego bricks for your PC (using Windows Paintbrush Utility) Other (non-LEGO) interests: Ham Radio Operator (callsign: N5UQC), Storm Spotter for National Weather Service, Aviation, Flight Simulation, NASA Buff, Computers, Star Wars fan, and frequent user of the IRC (nickname: MOCR).
From: peter.gustafsson@pgu.pp.se (Peter Gustafsson) Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 18:54:16 GMT Organization: Uniplus Internet Access Name: Peter Gustafsson Gender: Male Age: 27 Year of birth: 1968 Mental age/status of inner child: 9/Wishing Santa will bring me Lego Location: Eskilstuna, Sweden E-mail address: peter.gustafsson@pgu.pp.se LEGO/home page url: None at this time, maybe later Marital status: Single, and getting desperate... Children: You mean the little ones with yellow faces and big smiles? Occupation: Quality supervisor # of sets in LEGO collection: Somewhere between 10 and 100 # of LEGO pieces: Not nearly enough First LEGO set: Some sort of large fire engine with steering Favorite theme(s): All of them (can't make up my mind) Favorite set(s): My newly build space-ship Current project: Making the above better Greatest claim to LEGO fame: My space ship has four large guns in pylons under the wings Other (non-LEGO) interests: Computers, Net-surfing, Mountain-biking, Photography, Reading fantasy-books (Tolkien, David Eddings) ----- Peter Gustafsson --- Eskilstuna Sweden ----- ----------- peter.gustafsson@pgu.pp.se -----------
From: caweglicki@vaxsar.vassar.edu (caweglicki) Date: 4 Dec 1995 03:05:24 GMT Organization: Vassar College Name: caldwell weglicki Gender: m Age: 23 Year of birth: 1972 Mental age/status of inner child: 11 Location: maryland (homebase) E-mail address: caweglicki@vaxsar.vassar.edu LEGO/home page url: N/A Marital status: 3 yr. relatinship w/ sig-oth Children: 0 (but i have 2 10yr. old brothers) Occupation: student (until jan.) # of sets in LEGO collection: ~85 # of LEGO pieces: exactly alot First LEGO set: the large general brick set from 1979 (lotsa red slopies!) Favorite theme(s): SPACE, EXPERT BUILDER (technic) Favorite set(s): Galaxy Explorer (1st space i owned), M-Tron Magnetizer Current project: graduating and finding apt. with sig-oth Greatest claim to LEGO fame: 15+ original designs at home waiting to be photographed, scanned and "submitted for your approval." Other (non-LEGO) interests: computers, music, computer music, reading, drawing, video games, TV.
From: saint@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Michael Sutton) Date: 3 Dec 1995 21:41:12 GMT Organization: Little Yellow People Name: Michael Sutton Gender: male Age: 20 Year of birth: 1975 Mental age/status of inner child: 8 or 9 Location: Bloomington, Indiana or Louisville, Kentucky (depending on the time of year) E-mail address: saint@copper.ucs.indiana.edu Marital status: single Children: are some of my best friends. Occupation: Student at Indiana University (studying Developmental Psychology and Linguistics -- emphasis on language development in children) # of sets in LEGO collection: about 25 # of LEGO pieces: approximately 3000 First LEGO set: A Black Falcon set from the mid 80's Favorite theme(s): Castle and Imperial Guards (although Space is nice too) Favorite set(s): that I own?... 6054 Forestmen's Hidout Current project: Acquiring more LEGO sets. :) Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Still dreaming about what that will be. Other (non-LEGO) interests: too diverse to list...I'm interested in everything!
From: zbenz@hmc.edu (Zachary Benz)
Date: 4 Dec 1995 04:50:33 GMT
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA
Name: Zach Benz
Gender: M
Age: 19
Year of birth: 76
Mental age/status of inner child: eternally 8
Location: college in So Cal, home in MD
E-mail address: zbenz@hmc.edu
LEGO/home page url: http://www2.hmc.edu/~zbenz/lego.html
Marital status: single
Children: all those little minifigures!
Occupation: full time student
# of sets in LEGO collection: hundreds, if not thousands
# of LEGO pieces: hundreds of thousands
First LEGO set: a warehouse from back in the 60's when Samsonite marketed Lego
in the U.S.
Favorite theme(s): all but pirates
Favorite set(s): Metro Station
Current project: completing my new city
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: I _am_ Zach "The Lego Maniac". Where do you think
they got the idea? :) Ok, so maybe its not true, but I did used to write
them about once a month when I was younger, and suddenly those commercials
popped up. Heck, I even got free Zaks toys (from Ohio Art) because of my
name and collection of Lego (long story).
Other (non-LEGO) interests: cycling, volleyball
--
Zach "The Lego Maniac"
http://www2.hmc.edu/~zbenz/
From: Sojourn@cris.com (Jeremy Whitlock)
Date: 4 Dec 1995 00:51:31 GMT
Organization: Concentric Internet Services
Name: Jair Whitlock
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Year of birth: 1974
Mental age/status of inner child: 10ish - Alive and Well
Location: Richmond, VA
E-mail address: sojourn@cris.com
LEGO/home page url: N/A
Marital status: Single
Children: None, just me.
Occupation: Student / Micro Systems Maintenance Guy
# of sets in LEGO collection: ~25
# of LEGO pieces: ~3500
First LEGO set: An old space set I had as a kid that had red
and white spacemen and very cool crater baseplates.
(I later traded this set for Transformers at some
point in life while under immense peer pressure.)
Favorite theme(s): Castle all the way though I'm finding myself dividing
my time (and money) between that and some Town sets of
late.
Favorite set(s): #6086 Black Knight's Castle
#6542 Launch and Load Seaport (Which I don't own but
would truly love to.)
Current project: Pestering my friends (and all of their friends) and
family to scour their attics and closets for old unused
legos so that I might provide them with a good home.
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: None, yet. -grin-
Other (non-LEGO) interests: Slinkys of every shape, size, material and
colour. Juggling and various juggling
objects. Collecting those high bounce balls
you find in the little toy vending machines.
Too many other things to list.
From: ecrampto@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Eric Crampton) Date: 4 Dec 1995 11:56:08 -0500 Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA Name: Eric Crampton Gender: Male Age: 19 (and a half) Year of birth: 1976 Mental age/status of inner child: 19 / 10 Location: Blacksburg, VA E-mail address: ecrampto@csugrad.cs.vt.edu LEGO/home page url: http://csugrad.cs.vt.edu/~ecrampto (no LEGO stuff) Marital status: Single Children: None Occupation: Student (comp sci/mathematics) at Virginia Tech # of sets in LEGO collection: About 30 # of LEGO pieces: I have no idea, maybe 4,000. First LEGO set: LEGO Main Street Favorite theme(s): Town, Model Team, the older castle stuff Favorite set(s): LEGO Main Street Current project: Organizing LEGO... Finding CP HQ's on clearance somewhere! Greatest claim to LEGO fame: I built a 1,500 piece castle Other (non-LEGO) interests: Skateboarding, biking, computer stuff. -- Eric Crampton | E-Mail: ecrampto@csugrad.cs.vt.edu | WWW: http://csugrad.cs.vt.edu/~ecrampto
From: misium@cauldron.spdc.ti.com (George Misium) Date: 6 Dec 1995 13:41:12 -0600 Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Device Center Name: Jason Misium Gender: male Age: 9 Mental age/status of inner child: 12 Location: Plano, Texas E-mail address: jason.misium@chrysalis.org Marital status: Children: None Occupation: school # of sets in LEGO collection: many # of LEGO pieces: many more First LEGO set: Duplo Favorite theme(s): Spaceships, Aquazone, Black Knights, Paradisa, boats Favorite set(s): Deep Freeze Defender, Black Knights Castle Current project: LEGO water world Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Youngest around here? Other (non-LEGO) interests: sports, drawing, being a detective, baseball cards
From: misium@cauldron.spdc.ti.com (George Misium) Date: 6 Dec 1995 13:46:00 -0600 Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Device Center Name: George Misium Gender: o^ Age: 38 Mental age/status of inner child: 13 / Location: Plano, Texas E-mail address: misium@spdc.ti.com Marital status: Children: one Occupation: R&D engineer (PhD EE) # of sets in LEGO collection: > 10^2 # of LEGO pieces: > 10^2*10^2 = 10^4 ---> oo First LEGO set: Duplo bought for son Favorite theme(s): Spaceships, Black and older Knights, Non-contemporary boats,AZ Favorite set(s): 1547 - Small Black Knight boat with two knights Current project: underwater monorail, spaceship carrier, sunken SES=Aquashark base, lighting system using 9V train supply, ... Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Other (non-LEGO) interests: Son, dog, intelectual property law, creativite process, sailing, poetry, coaching/playing soccer, managing technology investment club, director of non-profit org.(Be Well Corp.), baseball, autographs ... and work and significant other in case my boss or she is lurking :)
From: duffy@plains.nodak.edu (Nathan R. Duffy PGCSBA)
Date: 12 Dec 1995 00:55:36 -0600
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Network
Name: Nathan R. Duffy
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Year of birth: Hmm, 1995-22, I guess that equalls 1973...
Mental age/status of inner child: Variable/Quite Well, thank you
Location: The Wastes of North Dakota
E-mail address: duffy@plains.nodak.edu
LEGO/home page url: homepage: http://space.acm.ndsu.nodak.edu/~duffy
No LEGO content as of yet...
Marital status: Single
Children: I should think not!
Occupation: Student/Computer Consultant
# of sets in LEGO collection: Hmm, probably in excess of 150.
# of LEGO pieces: Far too many to count.
First LEGO set: Starfleet Voyager? or some forgotten 30ct space set.
Favorite theme(s): Blacktron I, Space, Technic, Pirate, everything else
Favorite set(s): Message Intercept Base (where are my instructions?!),
Airtech Claw Rig, MetroStation
Current project: Unknown, in a bit of a creative draught right now.
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: None, really. Got a Metrostation for $40.00
Often, during certain spontaneous
competitions (Oddessey of the Mind, in
particular) I would mutter, "Hey, this is
just like Lego!"
Other (non-LEGO) interests: Computers, RolePlaying Games, Pink Floyd,
Bass/Electric Guitar...
From: ftor@dromond.vr.dnv.no (Frode Torske) Date: 13 Dec 1995 15:26:15 GMT Organization: TelePost Public Access Name: Frode Torske Gender: M Age: 33 Year of birth: '62 Mental age/status of inner child: 33 (lots of grown-up men has scale trains) Location: Oslo, Capitol of Norway, loc. in south-eastern part of N. E-mail address: frodet@sn.no Lego page url: http://www.sn.no/~frodet/lego Home page url: http://www.sn.no/~frodet Marital status: Married Children : 4 (Synnoeve(f) 8, Solveig(f) 5, Magnus(m) 4, Kristine(f) 2) Occupation : Physicist / Programmer # of sets : Not enough fingers and toes... # of LEGO pieces : Thousands in room, hope none in the vacuum cleaner bag. Std. procedure is to perform an autopsy before the paper bag is thrashed. First LEGO set : I had lots of Lego as a kid (they still are at my parents house). I bought the first train 2 years ago (not counting Duplo trains. We've been buying Duply since the oldest kid was new-born.) Favorite theme : Train Train Train! (Technic ranks up there too! Haven't really started buying that yet (only got a few sets of my wife at Xmas!), but you just wait 'till the kids get a little older!) Favorite set(s): Blue hopper car, Crocodile Current project: Reassembling my display, making it larger to make room for the FRR which currently is in mail from USA. (Got the hopper car a few days ago!) :-D Other (non-LEGO) interests: Computers, Programming, HTML authoring, sporting (running, cross-country skiing, biking, orienteering) Frode Torske e-mail: work: ftor@vr.dnv.no Oslo, Norway home(Lego): frodet@sn.no http://www.sn.no/~frodet LEGO: TR++++1(c) BO++2 TO++3 PA+ DU+(+++) FS+ TC+ S- LS-- H? F4536 YB62m IC62(m) "I will give a leg (need the last arm for building) for #4536 Blue Hopper Car"
From: efxmstr@aol.com (EFX MSTR)
Date: 1 Jan 1996 13:23:31 -0500
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
Name: Thomas Muller
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
E-mail Address: EFX_MSTR@aol.com
Marital Status: Single
Children: None
Occupation: Assistant Manager, Walgreens Drug Store
On R.T.L. Since: November 1995
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 40+
# of LEGO Pieces: ?
First LEGO Set: 6894 Blacktron
Favorite Theme (s): Islanders, Aquazone
Favorite Set (s): All?
Favorite Piece (s) /Minifigure (s): All Base Plates, All Mini Figures
Current LEGO Project: 16 square foot Island, Pier, Beach, Mountain River,
Race Way.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Subscribing to R.T.L , ?
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Sony Playstaion, Video Games, Shopping.
LEGO: MOC+++ PI+++ (6278) AQ+++ BO(6483) ,CA,PA,TO++ #+ S LS+++ H!?
A@ YB72m
From: carnellm@awod.com (Michael Carnell)
Date: 2 Jan 1996 01:15:57 GMT
Name: Michael Carnell
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1963
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 6 (according to my wife!)
Location: Charleston, SC
E-mail Address: carnellm@awod.com
Marital Status: Married 10 years
Children: Daughter age 3.5 years, Son due in 1 week
Occupation: Computer systems engineer
On R.T.L. Since: ~7/95
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50
# of LEGO Pieces: Who knows? 50 x avg#/set = 5000???
First LEGO Set: small stunt 'copter 6/95 (no idea about childhood)
Favorite Theme(s): Pirates!
Favorite Set(s): Any that I don't have.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Pirate wench
Current LEGO Project: Crewing a pirate ship with all women and then building an
entire pirate community. In my other LEGO time period, I
am building a railroad.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: The mass quantities of money my wife says I spend?
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Book collecting, Jimmy Buffett music, looking but
not touching (I am married you know), traveling.
Guess that's it!
Michael Carnell - http://clever.net/dbd/cmc
From: ksethre@io.com (Karsten Sethre) Date: 2 Jan 1996 01:52:26 GMT Organization: none Name: Karsten Sethre Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1975 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Good question. I have no idea Location: Austin, TX E-mail Address: ksethre@io.com Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Still looking On R.T.L. Since: Late Nov. '95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 10 or 20 # of LEGO Pieces: Your guess is as good as mine First LEGO Set: 442 Space Shuttle Favorite Theme(s): Technic, space Favorite Set(s): Can't decide; I like them all Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Original Blacktron minifig, micromotor, the old crater baseplates Current LEGO Project: Computer interface (I can't afford $600 for Lego's) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I don't think I really have one, yet. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Music, programming, SF/Fantasy, MTG, INWO, -- Karsten Sethre \ <*> / ksethre@io.com < LEGO: TC+++ SP++ AQ+ TO,CA,PI,MT@ > FNORD! http://www.io.com/~ksethre / #+ S++ LS++ Hri A@ YB75m \
From: jek160@psu.edu (Joyce Kreuter) Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 02:19:19 GMT Organization: CAC Name: Joyce Kreuter Gender: F Year of Birth: 1958 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 Location: State College, PA E-mail Address: jek160@psu.edu Marital Status: Happily Married Children: 2 Occupation: Former - Software Engineer Current - Mom On R.T.L. Since: Nov '94 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 25+ # of LEGO Pieces: thousands First LEGO Set: Basic Bricks Favorite Theme(s): Aquazone Favorite Set(s): Neptune Discovery Lab, Sea Sprint 9 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Girl River Rafter Current LEGO Project: Build Sea Crawler/Obtain Shark Cave thingie Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: my kids, getting my teacher's cert, reading, computers, ice cream Quotable Quote: "It's never too late to have a happy childhood"
From: richoz@primenet.com (Richard Ozenbaugh) Date: 1 Jan 1996 22:08:02 -0700 Organization: RiM Computer Solutions Name: Richard Ozenbaugh Gender: M Year of Birth: 1964 (Yea 64.. it's not a typo) Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8 Location: Phornix E-mail Address: richoz@primenet.com Marital Status: Married Children: 2 Occupation: Area Manager for 2 way comm. co. On R.T.L. Since: 6/95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 15 # of LEGO Pieces: 900 First LEGO Set: way back when all they had were square bricks.... Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): 8880 Super Car Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): gears.. Current LEGO Project: Understanding what makes a minifig Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: robotics, computers, electronics, wife! (not in that order..)
From: al136@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mathew Stephen)
Date: 2 Jan 1996 06:48:51 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH (USA)
Name: Mathew Stephen
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
E-mail Address: ieidstep@engvms.unl.edu
Marital Status: Single
Children: none besides myself
Occupation: Industrial Engineer, but currently unemployed
On R.T.L. Since: Summer 94
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+
# of LEGO Pieces: Over 20,000, all inventoried by piece type and color.
First LEGO Set: unknown, but at age 3
Favorite Theme(s): Space and castle mainly
Favorite Set(s): Never met a set I didn't like, except Belville line.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Pieces don't like; a piece that can be
be created from other pieces.
Current LEGO Project: Wanting to set up a display, but currently
lacking the space to do so.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Trying to find a use for 12 empty big blue
buckets (set # 1819), any ideas?
From: scalpel@wizards.com (Lord Eternity) Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 23:20:07 -0700 Organization: South There Import/Export Name: Jon Wilkie (aka "Scalpel", "Lord Eternity", "Mr. Self-Destruct") Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Alive and kicking Location: Seattle, WA E-mail Address: scalpel@wizards.com Marital Status: Single, w/ girlfriend Children: None Occupation: Customer Support @ Wizards of the Coast, freelance game designer On R.T.L. Since: a few months ago # of Sets in LEGO Collection: a dozen or so # of LEGO Pieces: No clue First LEGO Set: The first space sets, with the rocket launch station Favorite Theme(s): Aqua/Smuggling, Castle/Space Favorite Set(s): My modified Rebel Roadster (Simple, yet stylish) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Rebel Roadster pilot (cool biker jacket!) Current LEGO Project: Getting a set of drawers to sort out my collection, building a big display for my desk at work. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: at the age of 13, building a 4-foot long broadsword wholly out of Legos, and then swinging it in our kitchen. We were finding Legos for months... Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: The Camarilla Fan Association, Anime, RPGs, Hong Kong cinema, Tarantino films, my girlfriend
From: SKLJ50A@prodigy.com (Chris Dickinson) Date: 2 Jan 1996 08:00:42 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Name: Chris Dickinson Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1975 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: umm.... i killed my inner child. i'm just a kid at heart naturally! Location: Mineral Ridge, OH E-mail Address: SKLJ50A@prodigy.com Marital Status: Married Children: None (thank God) Occupation: Sales (commission) On R.T.L. Since: JAN '96 (just found it!) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: somewhere between 75 and 100 # of LEGO Pieces: yeah... right... First LEGO Set: one of the old sets with "granny" in it. Favorite Theme(s): Space, Town Favorite Set(s): Sail and Fly Marina, Enchanted Island, Robo Guardian. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): the Palm Tree!... umm, how about Octan Guy? Current LEGO Project: The New Legoforce (as opposed to the old one that i've been updating over the last eight years) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Put together ALL of the Islanders sets one night up till about 3 AM. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: role playing, writing stories, collecting and reading comic books (i'd like to have my own Legoforce comic book!)
From: curtissa@ix.netcom.com(Aaron Curtiss )
Date: 2 Jan 1996 17:51:03 GMT
Organization: Netcom
Name: Aaron Curtiss
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12
Location: Los Angeles, CA
E-mail Address: curtissa@ix.netcom.com
Marital Status: Married
Children: None
Occupation: Journalist/University instructor
On R.T.L. Since: Summer 1994
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: No idea, far too many to count
# of LEGO Pieces: No idea, far too many to count
First LEGO Set: A box of bricks circa 1972
Favorite Theme(s): Town, but dabble in all
Favorite Set(s): Neptune Discovery Lab
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The quarter-circle windows from
Poolside Paradise
Current LEGO Project: Working on anachronistic time themes for the Time
Cruisers to visit
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Featured on an E! television show about
toys. My city takes up an entire room.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Urban planning, marathon running, good
mystery novels.
From: rcbarth@nyc.pipeline.com (Robert C. Barth)
Date: 2 Jan 1996 13:36:02 -0500
Organization: I-Sight Software
Name: Robert C. Barth
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 10-11-74
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Uh, yeah.
Location: New York City
E-mail Address: rcbarth@pipeline.com
Marital Status: Flatline (not married)
Children: Zero
Occupation: Computer Programmer
On R.T.L. Since: ATL was the hip place to be
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 300+
# of LEGO Pieces: Billionth and billionth :)
First LEGO Set: Some set with mostly red pieces c.1978
Favorite Theme(s): Town, town, and, uh, town. Boats and trains are good
too.
Favorite Set(s): First LegoLand airport (c.1980's Yellow, white chopper,
etc.)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I like them all the same
Current LEGO Project: Convincing Lego to come out with better sets
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: 'Putering, Hockey, things having to do with Star
Wars, Cars, other stuff that I can't think of.
TO++++ TR+++ BO++ BV- PA-- #+++++ S- LS+ Hal A++ YB74m
--------------------
Robert C. Barth - Senior Programmer, Dow Jones & Co.
E-Mail : rcbarth@pipeline.com
WWW : http://www.users.nyc.pipeline.com/~rcbarth/home.htm
From: bad36@aol.com (BAD36) Date: 1 Jan 1996 14:09:06 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Name: Brian Davis Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1978 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: Cypress, Texas E-mail Address: BAD36@aol.com Marital Status: Not Married Children: 0 Occupation Student: On R.T.L. Since: October 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 47 # of LEGO Pieces: 10,000 First LEGO Set: Motorcycle Shop Favorite Theme(s): Town Favorite Set(s): Shuttle Launch Pad Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Jailbreak Joe Current LEGO Project: A Town the size of a Ping Pong Table Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: computers, reading, and video games
From: jrose@eid.awinc.com (Jeff Rose)
Date: 2 Jan 1996 05:08:41 GMT
Organization: A & W Internet Inc.
Name: Jeff Rose
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10
Location: Brooks, Alberta, Canada
E-mail Address: jrose@eid.awinc.com
Marital Status: Not Married
Children: 0
Occupation: Movie Theatre Manager
On R.T.L. Since: September 1995
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Lots
# of LEGO Pieces: 40,000+
First LEGO set: Some old BASIC set...can't recall.
Favorite Theme(s): Town
Favorite Set(s): any Shuttle Set
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Hmmm...
Current LEGO Project: Finding a way to build a Lego town in my apartment
and still live in here.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:
Assistant Builder on a football stadium which occupied 9 large grey
base-plates. Included a store, snack-bar, ticket stand and press-
boxes (including those $1million suites).
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:
Reading, and Movies
Jeff Rose jrose@eid.awinc.com
Oasis Theatre Manager
Brooks, Alberta, Canada
From: shepherd.38@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu (Chris Shepherd) Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 19:29:41 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Name: Chris Shepherd Gender: M Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: -12 Location: The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio E-mail Address: shepherd@osu.edu Marital Status: Single Children: None that I know of Occupation: Student, Mechanical Engineering On R.T.L. Since: 94 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~80 # of LEGO Pieces: 26431 First LEGO Set: Some old basic set Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Train Favorite Set(s): All of them. If I don't really like 'em, I don't buy 'em Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Judge Ito from Space shuttle Current LEGO Project: 1. Flat car loader (Technic and Train) 2. A robotic arm (Technic) 3. Truss bridges (Technic and Train) 4. A large Crane (about 6' tall, technic) 5. Original buildings for the trains 6. Organizing 26000 pieces. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Lots and lots Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Juggling, programming, camping
From: B. Stowe Date: 3 Jan 1996 01:08:08 GMT Organization: Internet Nebraska Name: Bryan Stowe Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/ Status of inner child: ?? Location: Lincoln, Nebraska E-Mail Address: stowe@inetnebr.com Marital Status: Married Children: 1 boy age 5 Occupation: Nebraska State Law Enforcement Officer On R.T.L. Since: Summer 1995 # of Sets in LEGO collection: 400+ # of LEGO Pieces: Tens of Thousands First LEGO Set: Unknown, inhereted LEGOs from extended family dating from late '50's:? Favorite Theme (s): Trains, town, Aquzone Favorite Set(s): Blue coal car for train, Red trolley engine for train (european) Favorite Piece(s): Any thing train Current LEGO Project: 14' x 18' Town in basement with seaport and working rail system. Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Own all Train sets produced in the last five years including european ones, Own first twenty space sets produced.
From: Moo the Cow <sillywiz@wardrobe.demon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 12:50:34 GMT Organization: The Wardrobe Happy Cow Emporium. Name: Keith Lucas ( "Moo the Cow", "SillyWiz" ) Gender: M Year of Birth: 73 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 going on middle aged. Location: Coventry, UK. E-mail Address: sillywiz@wardrobe.demon.co.uk Marital Status: single, but taking offers from attractive blondes.. Children: none. Occupation: I get paid for programming trivia quiz machines. What I _do_ is a difefrent matter. On R.T.L. Since: it was A.T.L # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Dunno. Many. >100 # of LEGO Pieces: The Owner of the Great Toystore in the Sky alone knows. ( I have got a once complete catalogue somewhere, but it's ~7 years out of date. First LEGO Set: Number '3'. Favorite Theme(s): Pirate. But I could convert to Wild West... Favorite Set(s): I think it's still the ambulance & helicopter ( No. 653 ) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Current LEGO Project: Building a complete civilisation using all the lego that came back with me from my parents last Thursday !! ( And all I can snag in the sales ) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Building space-craft using 50x50 baseplates as the foundations. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Linux games programming. Sci-fi & fantasy wargaming, watching movies, a sci-fi film I'm writing ( at a rate that reminds observers of continental drift ).
From: wrzwicky@ux7.cso.uiuc.edu (William Roger Zwicky) Date: 3 Jan 1996 18:08:04 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Name: Bill Zwicky Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 17 Location: Champaign, IL E-mail Address: wrzwicky@uiuc.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~wrzwicky/ Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Student, programmer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~30 # of LEGO Pieces: 4000? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: Some space set from 1979 Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): 8880 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): All technic Current LEGO Project: 8880 and variations Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None, really. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computering, biking / William R. Zwicky / / U of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana / / wrzwicky@uiuc.edu / / http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~wrzwicky / LEGO: TC+++(8880) SP++(497) CA+ PI+ #+ S+ LS++ Hsu A+ YB68m
From: Camiel Rouweler <c.b.rouweler@stud.tue.nl>
Date: 3 Jan 1996 20:23:03 GMT
Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Name: Camiel Rouweler
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: in LEGO age
Location: the Netherlands
E-mail Address: c.b.rouweler@stud.tue.nl
Marital Status: not married ( I am open to your proposals :-) )
Children: only the inner child
Occupation: physics student
On R.T.L. Since: september 1995
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 180+
# of LEGO Pieces: 180*(avg(pieces in all my sets))
First LEGO Set: some BASIC set my babysitter used to teach me build
windmills with
Favorite Theme(s): SPACE and a little bit Technic
Favorite Set(s): Starfleet Voyager, all classicest ships
(918,924/457?,928/497?)
^^^ violation of english
language intended
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): not very original: Blacktron I figure
as a kid, however, I always pretended I was the red pilot of one of
my twin LL918 ships.
Current LEGO Project: wasting my time reading r.t.l.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I have a history of losing money on exchanging
LEGO with fellow r.t.l.'ers (please do not feel guilty!)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Badminton, science/phyics, beer?? (talk about a
meaningless life :-) )
LEGO: SP++++(928,6929) TO++ TC++ TR+ CA+ #++++ S++ LS--- Hap A++ YB73m
From: cynde callera <cyndecal@durand.com> Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 13:02:25 -0800 Organization: durand communications network Name: cynde callera Gender: f Year of Birth: 10/10/72 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 yr/old tomboy Location: santa barbara, ca E-mail Address: cyndecal@durand.com Marital Status: domestic partner Children: 0 Occupation: 3d graphics, digital imaging for mindwire online systems/www authoring On R.T.L. Since: 9/95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 13 # of LEGO Pieces: ? First LEGO Set: small, red technic race car Favorite Theme(s): technic, space Favorite Set(s): all technic universals Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): unitron cyborg (silver shades) Current LEGO Project: 4 speed transmission with reverse (with motor) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: taijiquan, ray-tracing and z-buffered 3d graphics, rats, industrial music, manga (esp. battle angel), sci-fi movies/books (esp. william gibson), magic the gathering & rpg if I have time (esp. cyberpunk & advanced dungeons and dragons), rifle and shotgun shooting (I have a MAK90, 12gauge, and ruger10/22) -- Cynde Callera rattusKhroma cyndecal@durand.com
From: Simon Jarvis <jarvis74@volvo.demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 22:24:06 GMT Organization: None Name: Simon Jarvis Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 (or there abouts) Location: West London, England E-mail Address: jarvis74@volvo.demon.co.uk LEGO/home page URL(s): n/a Marital Status: Single Children: Nope (well not that I know of :) Occupation: Senior Computer Engineer (LHR CUTE) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 6/95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 12 # of LEGO Pieces: Anyone want to count? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: 8865 Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Model Team Favorite Set(s): 8880 Super Car, 5591 Red Bird Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Current LEGO Project: Building all 12 sets so I can take photos Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: ??!?? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Home Cinema, Ham Radio | Simon Jarvis - Depressed Computer Engineer & Lurker |
From: ward@math.psu.edu (Brian Ward) Date: 4 Jan 1996 02:55:15 GMT Organization: 999 and the Inverted Morons Name: Brian Ward Gender: m Year of Birth: 1972 (30.9) Location: Graz, Austria; Vienna, Austria E-mail Address: bri@blah.math.tu-graz.ac.at LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.math.psu.edu/ward/lego/ http://blah.math.tu-graz.ac.at/~ward/lego/ Occupation: professional time waster (grad student) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1994 #of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~200 #of LEGO Pieces: ~22000 First LEGO Set: hand-me-down bricks Favorite Theme(s): Bri's Really Busy Spaceport Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 4x2 black/Custom Blacktron-I pilot (IP-babe's scary twin sister) Current LEGO Project: Big huge spaceport #2 Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I am Vienna's LEGO-scouring machine Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: computers, mountain climbing, design
From: dhiga@phakt.usc.edu (Darold Kenji Higa)
Date: 3 Jan 1996 19:39:28 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Name: Mark "Emerson" Chadwick
Gender: m
Year of Birth: 1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: alive and well
Location: Los Angeles (or did you mean my inner child? ;-)
E-mail Address: emerson@apricot.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): No lego in it, but http://www.apricot.com/~emerson/
Marital Status: Single
Children: only me
Occupation: Network support for Infonet
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1991?
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 40-50 (w.a.g)
# of LEGO Pieces: no idea. lots, but not enough
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
First LEGO Set: Don't know, was back in '71
Favorite Theme(s): Technic
Favorite Set(s): the ones with the coolest parts ;-)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Pneumatics
Current LEGO Project: F-15 (approximately 4 feet long, at present)
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Hm. A 747 I built back in 4th grade
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: There are others? Computers, electronics,
Science-Fiction, biking, photography, blah blah blah
Posting from a friend's account,
Mark "Emerson" Chadwick
emerson@soyokaze.biosci.ohio-state.edu or emerson@apricot.com
From: rkbarth@nyc.pipeline.com (Richard K. Barth)
Date: 3 Jan 1996 22:43:52 -0500
Organization: The Pipeline
Name: Richard Barth
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 78
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 17
Location: Queens/NYC
E-mail Address: rkbarth@pipeline.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):
Marital Status: Single
Children: None
Occupation: Stockperson/Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 8/95
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~125
# of LEGO Pieces: ?!
# of LEGOfests Attended: None....LEGOfests?!
First LEGO Set: Some family room
Favorite Theme(s): CASTLE; CASTLE is KING
Favorite Set(s): Town Wall Tavern
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): PEASANTS
Current LEGO Project: Building trading docks behind one of my
castles
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My growing and prosperous
castle/town/village with many shops
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Aviation, Hockey, Greco-Roman Wrestling
Richard K Barth
rkbarth@pipeline.com
From: hart@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Colin 't Hart) Date: 4 Jan 1996 14:46:30 GMT Organization: The University of Western Australia Name: Colin 't Hart Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: From 11-16 years :-) Location: Perth, Western Australia E-mail Address: hart@tartarus.uwa.edu.au LEGO/home page URL(s): none :-( Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Student; Computer Programmer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: start of A.T.L. (when was that?) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 7 expert builder and a model team plus lots of other stuff # of LEGO Pieces: Dunno. Too few. # of LEGOfests Attended: What are they? Been to Legoland in Billund, Denmark; Been to 5 or 6 Lego World Shows in Perth. First LEGO Set: Black Police Boat back in 1976. Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Trains Favorite Set(s): Auto Chassis # 2 (the Black one with the Red seats); the JCB Excavator (I want one still!) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The 8 stud long axle (Technic) I never have enough of these!! Current LEGO Project: Reading R.T.L. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Won 5 (five) lego building competitions when I was a real child. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Baroque music (play the Pipe Organ...); Stamp Collecting.
From: Russell Bornschlegel <kaleja@rahul.net> Date: 3 Jan 1996 21:39:52 GMT Organization: a2i network Name: Russell Bornsch++ Gender: M Year of Birth: 69 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: no comment Location: Cupertino CA E-mail Address: kaleja@rahul.net Marital Status: separated Children: none Occupation: game programmer On R.T.L. Since: 12/95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 7 since rediscovery # of LEGO Pieces: ~3500 since rediscovery First LEGO Set: 8800 Super Car Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): 8800 Super Car Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): pistons! fetish fetish Current LEGO Project: motorized Technic tank Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My girlfriend and I built the Super Car in one night Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Programming, stupid computer games, electronic music (making and listening)
From: goran.strandh@mailbox.swipnet.se (Goran Strandh) Date: 4 Jan 1996 21:57:10 GMT Organization: GaMeS-Import Name: Goran Strandh Gender: M Year of Birth: 1956 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Forever Young Location: Lund, Sweden E-mail Address: goran.strandh@mailbox.swipnet.se LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: yes Children: 13, 10 and 3 Occupation: running around in circles and trying to coordinate my company On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Nov-95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: appr. 50 # of LEGO Pieces: do not care to count them # of LEGOfests Attended: You're kidding, in Sweden? First LEGO Set: Way back in the 60's, some basic set Favorite Theme(s): Train, Castle, TRAIN, Aquazone, Train, Model Team and TRAIN Favorite Set(s): Currently Freigh Rail Runner (4564) and Sea Claw 7 (1822) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): BURP:s (just kidding) Current LEGO Project: Buy a new home so I can put my TRAIN up permanently Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None so far. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Wargaming (where did LEGO Wars go?), painting miniature figures, computers, gaiming ( not gambling), sleeping
From: sue@metropia.demon.co.uk (Sue Gregson)
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 07:00:36 +0000
Organization: Home
Name: Sue Gregson
Gender: Female
Year of Birth: 1962
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Depends : old enough to figure out the
building instructions
Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire UK
E-mail Address: sue@metropia.demon.co.uk
LEGO/home page URL(s): none
Marital Status: as married
Children: Jessica (nearly 4)
Occupation: System Administrator
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1993
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: (entire household) 180+
# of LEGO Pieces: too many to find the particular one you need !
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
First LEGO Set: My mum has the remnants of an ambulance and fire engine ?
Favorite Theme(s): Pirates, Space
Favorite Set(s): The Pizza shop
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The little Pizzas/The chef
Current LEGO Project: To be Pirate complete (I was 2 sets away from this
until the '96 catalog appeared :( )
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Finding a stash of Jim Spaceborn comics.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Following Blackburn Rovers FC Champions of the
Premiership (UK Soccer), playing with Jessie.
From: beldandy@uclink2.berkeley.edu (Sonya Choi Lee) Date: 5 Jan 1996 09:20:54 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Name: Sonya Lee Gender: Female Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8 Location: Bay area E-mail Address: beldandy@uclink.berkeley.edu Marital Status: not Children: none Occupation: law student On R.T.L. Since: Fall 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: A few thousand now. # of LEGO Pieces: I can't even begin to imagine now. I'll try to count all the mini-figs I have over the break. I'm guessing somewhere between 2,000-3,000. First LEGO Set: Old town set. Favorite Theme(s): Castle, space, pirate, aquazone Favorite Set(s): Deep Freeze Defender, Imperial Trading Post, BK Castle Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Black Classic Space with black visor Current LEGO Project: First I've got to organize my apartment / collection. Then I have to finish constructing my Wolfpack castle. Then I am going to be staging one of the biggest battles in Lego history. Still working out the details. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I can't imagine anyone who has accumulated as much Lego as me in such a short period of time. ;) And the scary thing is that I'm now making some inroads into town. . . Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My anime, action figure, and comics collections are as large as my Lego collection. I like the Animaniacs, the Simpsons, collecting Happy Meal toys, and eating out (though I'm learning how to cook right now).
From: jgowell@ren.us.itd.umich.edu (Jim Gowell) Date: 3 Jan 1996 19:03:43 GMT Organization: University of Michigan Name: James Gowell Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Active Location: Michigan E-mail Address: Jgowell@umich.edu Marital Status: Married Children: None Occupation: Computer Consultant On R.T.L. Since: Lurked since late 93 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~30 # of LEGO Pieces: ~too little interest to count First LEGO Set: Favorite Theme(s): Castle, anticipating TimeLords Favorite Set(s): Dark Dragon Den Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Royal Knight King (nice sword) Current LEGO Project: Assimilate all blocks of all castle sets, everywhere, for all time. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: 150+ "spacecraft" and "skimmers" from my brothers bag of lego blocks. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Erin, Computers, WWW page authoring,
From: Peri Horowitz <ph77@columbia.edu> Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 11:05:58 -0500 Organization: Columbia University X-Sender: ph77@namaste.cc.columbia.edu In-Reply-To: <4c80dp$lm@News1.mcs.net> Name: Peri Horowitz Gender: Female Year of Birth: 1976 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Location: NYC E-mail Address: Marital Status: s Children: Occupation: student On R.T.L. Since: fall 95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 700 # of LEGO Pieces: ????????? First LEGO Set: fire station (510?), basic set 113 Favorite Theme(s): town Favorite Set(s): town stores, houses Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Current LEGO Project: adding to my town which takes up an atic room Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Complaint: everything seems to be the same 2-3 themes. We need more of a typical town (stores, houses, churces, factories)
From: wilson@pangloss.ucsf.edu (Erik Wilson) Date: 5 Jan 1996 10:55:20 -0800 Organization: The University of California, San Francisco Name: Erik Wilson Gender: M Year of Birth: 1955 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: I seem to be stuck at an awkward 14 Location: San Francisco, California (new location from last year) E-mail Address: wilson@pangloss.ucsf.edu (also new) Marital Status: married to Terra who also enjoys LEGO Children: none as yet Occupation: biochemist On R.T.L. Since: 1993 (as alt.toys.lego) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: many # of LEGO Pieces: many times many First LEGO Set: (divided into periods) First LEGO period - ESSO gas station (~1960) Second LEGO period - 8042 (blue technic universal pneumatic) and 8074 (yellow technic universal flex system) Favorite Theme(s): space, technic Favorite Set(s): Technic whirlwind rescue helicopter Space Star Hawk II (1993 & 1994 Christmas presents from my wife so I am biased) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Arachnoid alien design (not really a minifigure but it is minifigure scale) Current LEGO Project: *Large* lego space station (redesigned yet again) LEGO Parthenon (partially completed) Christmas monorail with "Santa Kong" atop Empire State Building Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: 1) Auctioneer for lego1 auction and lego2 auction (with John Marlin and Rolf Wilson) 2) Author of a *long* (and ocasionally humorous) Lego Space History (you may email me for details) 3) With Andy Foland conducted a 400 minifigure recreation of the battle of Waterloo using Red Imperial Guards and Blue Soldiers Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Board games, Ultimate Frisbee, Computers (maybe this is a given?), Hiking, Science Fiction, Immunology, History, Astronomy and other things too numerous to mention. Actually the world is really a pretty interesting place.
From: bandy@sheepdog.cinnamon.com (Andy Beals) Date: 6 Jan 1996 13:29:43 -0800 Organization: The Willow Glen Fertility Farm Name: Andy Beals Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1963 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Location: South Bay, SF Bay Area E-mail Address: bandy@cinnamon.com Marital Status: married Children: one Occupation: computer programmer On R.T.L. Since: inception if not constantly # of Sets in LEGO Collection: uncounted # of LEGO Pieces: nearly uncountable First LEGO Set: 590? The brickyard Favorite Theme(s): train/space ICE PLANET 2002!!! Space Police Favorite Set(s): metroliner/space police mothership Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): tinted octagonal windows Current LEGO Project: make passenger cars Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: voted for the group Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: programming, playing "blow 'em ups", airplane spotting [no logbook or photographs though], DUPLO [mis-cegnating minifigures], TOOLO [funky cranes], motorcycling, target shooting, plinking, ROLLER HOCKEY!!!!!, skating
From: jgrazado@connix.com (Jason Grazado) Date: Sat, 06 Jan 1996 21:10:16 -0500 Organization: Connix - The Connecticut Internet Exchange Name: Jason Joseph Grazado Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1/11/68 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11 or so Location: Norwalk, Connecticut E-mail Address: jgrazado@connix.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.connix.com/~jgrazado Marital Status: Divorced Children: 2 Occupation: Evaluating desktop technologies for potential deployment in company On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 9/95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~50 # of LEGO Pieces: ~15,000? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: Unknown, have some 'Shell Gas Station' pieces from the mid-70's Favorite Theme(s): Town Favorite Set(s): Airport Monorail Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Any piece that has a secret way of joining it to other pieces Current LEGO Project: Building City (New Amsterdam) with kids, web page Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Nice 3D rendering of Towtruck from #6562 Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Juggling, Alternative Music - see my page | jgrazado@connix.com | | jgrazado@aol.com | | jgrazado@eworld.com | | jgrazado@gartner.com |
From: srojo@best.com (Steven Rojo) Date: 7 Jan 1996 03:52:39 GMT Organization: Your Organization Name: Steven Rojo Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: it varies Location: Sunnyvale, CA. USA E-mail Address: srojo@best.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: single Children: 0 kids, 1 cat Occupation: network adminstrator On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: fall '94 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~140 # of LEGO Pieces: ~24000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: After Lego Dark Ages : Solar Snooper Favorite Theme(s): Town/Pirate Favorite Set(s): Metro Liner Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): mine Current LEGO Project: Building a train tunnel. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: computers, sci-fi, guns, women
From: paul@umcc.umcc.umich.edu (Paul Vargo)
Date: 7 Jan 1996 20:18:29 -0500
Organization: University of Michigan Computing Club (UMCC)
Name: Paul J. Vargo, II
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14
Location: Lansing, Michigan
E-mail Address: paul@umcc.umich.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): under construction
Marital Status: married
Children: 1 all black cat
Occupation: unemployeed, will graduate w/a BS in CS May 96
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: summer of 94
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~135
# of LEGO Pieces: unknown, not enough time on my hands!
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
First LEGO Set: 770 Rescue Set
Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Space, Town, and Aquazone
Favorite Set(s): 565 Moon Landing
Favorite Piece/Minifigure: Skully and GreenBrown Forestman
Current LEGO Project: Making a Lego phone
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading DragonLance Novels, Nightmare B4XMAS
toy collecting, Brewing my own Beer
LEGO: FS TO+(565) BV-- SP-(483) CA+++(6077) PI+ AQ+ #115
S- Ls-->++ H!? M+ A+ YB69m
From: sgibson260@aol.com (SGibson260) Date: 8 Jan 1996 02:12:05 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Name: Stephen Gibson Gender: M Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12/amazed he has access to the credit cards! Location: Fairfax, VA E-mail Address: SGibson260@aol.com Marital Status: married 4 years Children: Nicole(9 yrs), Kathleen (21 months), Christopher (4 weeks) Occupation: Cartographer (map-maker) for Federal Govt On R.T.L. Since: mid 1994 (mainly lurking) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 400 (a lot of polybags-need more Crusaders and Black Knights!) # of LEGO Pieces: 40,000? First LEGO Set: loose bricks as a kid, Dragon Wagon as a grown-up Favorite Theme(s): Castle, with strong interest in Pirates Favorite Set(s): 6090 Royal Knights Castle, 1491 Dual Defender, 6009 Black Knight, 1463 Treasure Cart, 6286 Skulls Eye Schooner Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Crusader minifigs, Castle breastplates, French Imperial soldiers Current LEGO Project: Making rules for Lego Castle Wars with my nine year old helping me. Plus, work on the never-completed "Castle of the Dreaded Moors" Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Last week (1/3/96), got a 6285 Black Seas Barracuda at the Service Merchandise for $30.00!!!!!! Showed the manager that the hull pieces were missing, and he marked it way down. Then Lego Customer Service didn't even charge me to get replacement hull pieces! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: scifi reading, miniatures wargaming, history, politics, and my wonderful family, who make everything worthwhile!
From: dehliatoo@aol.com (DehliaToo) Date: 8 Jan 1996 07:31:33 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Name: Deborah Lipp Gender: F Year of Birth: 61 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: Congers, NY E-mail Address: DehliaToo@aol.com Marital Status: married Children: a 5 year old boy with ADHD who you'd swear was 3 kids based on he sound effects. Occupation: Technical Writer/DTP On R.T.L. Since: a few weeks (hi everyone) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: I dunno....75-100? Not counting my son's sets. # of LEGO Pieces: please don't make me count. First LEGO Set: Some basic building sets from 1973 Favorite Theme(s): Space, Model Team, Town Favorite Set(s): My new Model Team sets -- Blue Fury & Sea Jet. We just moved, so I can't find my catalog of all my lego sets, with all the instructions they all came with (I have lego-specific OCD), but there were these GREAT Blacktron sets. One in particular was a ground-based "walker" with a satellite dish on the back. Also the Deep Freeze Defender was fairly awesome. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I like the really girly girls -- with the lipstick and eyelashes. I buy small Paradisa sets to get them, then put the heads onto space minifigures so I can have female space people. Current LEGO Project: Building the alternate Blue Fury model. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Some faves -- a 1/3 scale fire hydrant and slippery when wet street sign; a goddess statue in all white legos, a crescent moon statue, also all white; a valentine with an arrow thru it (I used a red 2x1 brick with a hole in the middle and a technic rod for the arrow) for my husband; Big Bird -- a really great replica including the pink eyelids which I had to buy a Paradisa set for. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Wicca, alt.polyamory, number puzzles, getting the world's fastest score on Minesweeper.
From: weswinkler@aol.com (WesWinkler)
Date: 8 Jan 1996 07:17:32 -0500
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
Name: Wes Winkler
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1950
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14-16
Location: Seattle, WA
E-mail Address: WesWinkler@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): none
Marital Status: married, quite happily!
Children: 2 daughters, and 2 dogs
Occupation: Currently "between positions." Was employed as
a sales engineer for companies that provide control
systems and engineering software to electric utilities.
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Fall, '95
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 292
# of LEGO Pieces: 21,145 more or less :)
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
First LEGO Set: Way, WAY back in the 50s, I had a set with
fragile red bricks with a building brick design on the
side and long white beams, 2 dots wide. Modern sets that
rekindled my interest were the McDonald's sets from 1990.
Favorite Theme(s): town, Technique Rally cars.
Favorite Set(s): Blacktron Renegade, 6954
Current LEGO Project: auctioning off Lego sets to reduce
storage requirements and to supplement income!
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Mystery and science fiction novels,
bicycle touring, enjoying my two daughters as the grow up
all too quickly, tinkering with PC software.
From: Trust No One <doc@htdc.org> Date: 8 Jan 1996 19:58:12 GMT Organization: Lego Addicts Anonymous Name: Matt Dicksion Gender: M Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 15 (it's been 15 for as long as I can remember) Location: Hawaii E-mail Address: doc@mana.htdc.org Marital Status: lonely Children: Children? Children would steal my lego! Occupation: software engineer/grad student On R.T.L. Since: last spring # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50? 60? I don't know. # of LEGO Pieces: 10-12 cubic feet First LEGO Set: Plastic bag from garage sale ~1977 Favorite Theme(s): Aquanauts (NOT Aquasharks) Favorite Set(s): #497 Galaxy Explorer Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Redcoat admiral from Imperial Flagship Current LEGO Project: Combining pirates, islanders, and aquanauts into one huge diorama Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: A huge spaceport consisting entirely of original Space sets Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Martial arts, volleyball, paintball, x-files, 9-ball, Java, Pepsi, cats, astronomy, world conquest and domination
From: Saz Dalrymple <SAZ@jdal.demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 17:59:56 +0000 Organization: None Name: Sarah Ann Dalrymple Gender: F Year of Birth: 1981 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: Newcastle, UK E-mail Address: saz@jdal.demon.co.uk Marital Status: um Children: um Occupation: I have a paper round On R.T.L. Since: cant remember, poss november 95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 20 # of LEGO Pieces: hundreds First LEGO Set: a duplo train set Favorite Theme(s): Castle Favorite Set(s): black knights castle Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): black knight Current LEGO Project: building a replica of Newcastle city castle. Currently run out of pieces. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: coming third in the regional lego competion (age group 10 - 13) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: School, partying, Rock climbing * Sarah Dalrymple, SazUK, saz@jdal.demon.co.uk * * http://www.wonderland.org/~sarah/ *
From: crites@staff.cc.purdue.edu (Jeffrey T. Crites)
Date: 8 Jan 1996 23:58:47 GMT
Organization: Purdue University
Name: Jeffrey (Jeff) T. Crites
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: About how old I am now...
Location: West Lafayette, Indiana; Purdue University
Soon to be Indianapolis, Indiana - or some other location.
E-mail Address: crites@cc.purdue.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.mdn.com/crites/
Marital Status: Engaged to be married - Date: 4 July, 1997.
Children: N/A.
Occupation: Sys. Op. / (soon) Technical Sales Engr.
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Creation.
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Very Large. (?)
# of LEGO Pieces: Impossible to say. (Anyone want to count them?)
# of LEGOfests Attended: 1 (The only one so far.)
(With a goal to attend them all)
First LEGO Set: The Yellow Castle (of course, when I was very young).
Favorite Theme(s): (1)Castle (2)Aquazone (3)Pirate (soon)Wild West, etc.
Favorite Set(s): Castle sets #375 and # The Red Walled Castle from 70's.
Favorite Piece/Minifigure: Forestmen
Current LEGO Project: (1) Just finished The 55 Gallon Aquazone Fish Tank.
(2) Starting to catalog TECHNIC sets for sales. (3) Interactive LEGO web
site. (4) Bulk Piece Purchasing at good prices...
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Jeff's LEGO Listings, Article about me (and
some others on RTL) in the LEGO Review.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Internet, Reading, Hiking to Castles around
the world, & People...
__<>__ crites@cc.purdue.edu __<>__
(______) http://www.mdn.com/crites ---> "JEFF'S LEGO HOMEPAGE" (______)
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| | "Too low they build, who build beneath the stars." | |
| // | Edward Young / Night Thoughts | // |
| | "Particularly they who do not build with LEGO." | |
| // | Jeff Crites / Synopsis of Oneself | // |
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(__ __) LEGO: CA++++c(15,16,375,1592,6075) MOC+++ PI,TR++(6285) (__ __)
<> TC,AQ,DU,SP+(6987) BV- #+++++ S+ LS++ H!? M+(x2) A+++ YB68m <>
From: jonp@earthlink.net (Jon Paynter) Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 07:08:28 GMT Organization: Earthlink Network, Inc. Name: Jon Paynter Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: depends Location: Orange CO CA E-mail Address: jonp@earthlink.net LEGO/home page URL(s): none yet Marital Status: Single Children: box turtle Occupation: Tech-Support On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Nov 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Unsure --coming out of dark ages # of LEGO Pieces: 10,000(?) # of LEGOfests Attended: none First LEGO Set: Some early 70's universal set Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Space Favorite Set(s): 6075 Castle, & that old rocket launching center space set Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Red space minifig holding a black wrench Current LEGO Project: Raytracing my old creations in POVRay Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I'm still working on this one Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Descent, reading, hiking, camping jonp@earthlink.net jon@halcyon.com 102605.1100@compuserve.com
From: Surfchick <surfchick@asb.com> Date: 2 Jan 1996 20:10:06 GMT Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory Name: Andrea Graham Gender: female Year of Birth: 1980 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: Shoreham Long Island E-mail Address: Surfchick@asb.com Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: life gaurd On R.T.L. Since: may 95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 60+ # of LEGO Pieces: ? First LEGO Set: fabuland Favorite Theme (s): Islanders, Aquazone Favorite Set (s): enchanted island Favorite Piece (s) my lego dolphin and surfpunk lego figs:) Current LEGO Project: Tropical Island, Beach, lagoon, lots of tiki statues everywhere Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: surfing, womens lacross, I like bob marley and Jimi hendrix music. Im in a band called "wahine", watching ER, marine mammals
From: phs2jw@surrey.ac.uk (Mr Justin J Watkins) Date: 9 Jan 1996 16:04:02 GMT Organization: University of Surrey, UK Name: Justin Watkins Gender: MALE Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Somewhere between 11 and 18 Location: Guildford, Surrey, England UK E-mail Address: j.watkins@surrey.ac.uk (really hard to remember) LEGO/home page URL(s): http://phoenix.bath.ac.uk/~justinw/ Marital Status: Married (18 months) Children: 0 kids, 2 cuddlies Occupation: Research Officer, Physics, Surrey University On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Autumn 1993 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Lots # of LEGO Pieces: About 22 litres # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: (you'd better ask my dad) Favorite Theme(s): Castle/Technic Favorite Set(s): My castle Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Merlin the Wizard and the glow-in-the dark ghost Current LEGO Project: Crane similar to 8460 without the instructions. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Member of Lego club about 10 years ago. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computer games, graphics Religion: born-again christian Justin Watkins, Dept of Physics j .watkins@surrey.ac.uk University of Surrey, Guildford 01483 259329 GU2 5XH, England http://phoenix.bath.ac.uk/~justinw/
From: jlf10@75613.1304 (James Farmer) Date: Tue, 09 Jan 96 15:49:34 GMT Organization: Tallahassee Free-Net Name: James Farmer Gender: M Year of Birth: 68 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11 Location: Tallahassee, FL E-mail Address: 75643.1304@compu$erve.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/branwen Marital Status: Married(she loves lego's too) Children: None Occupation: Environmental Tech/Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 8/94 (lurker) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 20+ # of LEGO Pieces: ?! # of LEGOfests Attended: None First LEGO Set: ? Favorite Theme(s): Launch Command/Pirates/Islanders Favorite Set(s): Shuttle(s) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Current LEGO Project: Couple a' Aquanauts Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: The amount of freaking money I've spent Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: homebrewing, comics, other assorted omnipotent hobbies 75613.1304@compuserve.com jlf10@freenet.scri.fsu.edu
From: usda@aztec.co.za (Unix Software Design Usda Automation) Date: 9 Jan 1996 14:07:49 GMT Organization: Aztec Public Access Internet Name: Francois du Plessis. Gender: M. Year of Birth: 1971. Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: About 9 and 3/4. Location: Johannesburg, sunny SA. E-mail Address: usda@aztec.co.za LEGO/home page URL(s): None. Marital Status: Single. Children: None. Occupation: Programmer in C and COBOL. On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Lurking since Sep '95. # of Sets in LEGO Collection: +/- 20 # of LEGO Pieces: Dunno # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: TOWN Fire chopper (1983). Favorite Theme(s): Classic Space (just after helmet revamp), Blacktron Aquazone, Pirates, Castle. Favorite Set(s): A little Blacktron car with the minifig using a jet backpack. (Don't know the no. I throw away the instructions after I complete a set). Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Lazer Saw (IP), Skeleton, Paradisa lipstick mini-fig heads. Current LEGO Project: Collecting said mini-fig heads to equip some of my other sets with female heads. Anybody need some Paradisa parts for free. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Having at least one set of Space from Classic to before Spyrius and S Police 2. Not much of a claim since most now also have other heads than the smileys. Some of the sets have been enhanced ever so slightly in the armament department as well. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: PC, PC, PC, Tolkien lead figurines, Comics, PC, PC, PC.
From: welfen@sentex.net Date: 9 Jan 1996 17:54:43 GMT Organization: Sentex Communications Corporation. Name: Ross Ireland Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 21 Location: Guelph Ontario, Canada E-mail Address: welfen@sentex.net LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: single, sorta Children: 0 kids, 1 cat Occupation: internet consultant, web designer, HTML editor On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: fall '94 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Unknown # of LEGO Pieces: right now, about 50. My dad went and sold 2-3000 of my bricks for 9 dollars at a garage sale when I went to school # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: After Lego Dark Ages : Name Unknown , first generation space ship Favorite Theme(s): space/aquazone Favorite Set(s): Names Unknowk, that cool yellow aquazone submarine Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): transparent stuff esp. domes/ original black or blue spacemen Current LEGO Project: Rebuilding collection, re-working Legowars to the tastes of me and my friends Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Had a small legion of 150ish spacemen Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Internet, Star Trek, Coca-Cola http://www.sentex.net/~welfen/slinger.html
From: cdrebert@u.washington.edu (Carolyn Drebert) Date: 9 Jan 1996 17:58:06 GMT Organization: University of Washington, Seattle NNTP-Posting-User: cdrebert Name: Carolyn Drebert Gender: F Year of Birth: 1950 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Renton, Washington (20 min S of Seattle) E-mail Address: cdrebert@u.washington.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): None Marital Status: Married Children: 3 (5+ grandchildren) Occupation: Materiel Management UofW On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Sept 1994 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 40-50 # of LEGO Pieces: 5000-10000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: Dalmation/Fire Engine Basic Set for Grandson Favorite Theme(s): Town, Train Favorite Set(s): Metroliner, Gas Station Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Metroliner Current LEGO Project: Building my "Estate" (includes a horse-race track, very large house, beach house and boat dock) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Possibly oldest person on RTL Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Sega, Grandkids, oh, and my husband who doesn't mind my obsession with Lego.
From: cgunders@uci.edu (Cardozo Andrews) Followup-To: rec.toys.lego Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 17:13:47 -0600 Organization: University of California, Irvine Name: Connie Gunderson Gender: F Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Location: Orange County, California E-mail Address: cgunders@uci.edu Marital Status: married Children: none as yet Occupation: retail buyer/law student On R.T.L. Since: 1993 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 75 # of LEGO Pieces: First LEGO Set: that blue Lunar Lander (~1978?) First LEGO period - mid to late '70s Second LEGO period - 1994 to present Favorite Theme(s): Town/Train Favorite Set(s): MetroLiner/Supercar Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Current LEGO Project: Just finished the Supercar that Santa brought Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: reading, skiing, movies, t.v., computer games, sleeping in.
From: ilaine@panix.com (Liz Stokes)
Date: 9 Jan 1996 18:44:33 -0500
Organization: Panix
Name: Liz Stokes
Gender: female
Year of Birth: '68
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: alive and well
Location: NYC
E-mail Address: ilaine@panix.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):
Marital Status: single
Children: none
Occupation: programmer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: around occasionally since summer 94.
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 8
note that this is the second collection. Don't ask me what happened
to the boxes and boxes I had as a child. *snif*
# of LEGO Pieces: lots. Several of those 8 kits are large.
# of LEGOfests Attended: LEGOfests ?!?
First LEGO Set: largish Universal set from early 70's
Favorite Theme(s): Technic
Favorite Set(s): Pneumatic Crane, Monorail
Favorite Piece/Minifigure:
Current LEGO Project: Dream projects rather than current, are a carousel,
(I need lots more pieces though) and a spinning wheel.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I taught myself to spin on a LEGO drop
spindle. Trivial to build, but points for originality of use :-)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:
spinning, weaving, lacemaking, cooking, brewing (see a theme here yet?)
--
Liz Stokes | Hey! Where am I going?
Ilaine de Cameron | And what am I doing in this handbasket?
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From: niceguy@bitstream.net (niceguy) Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 21:08:42 -0600 Organization: Bitstream Underground Name: John Gerlach Gender: M Year of Birth: 1962 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota E-mail Address: niceguy@bitstream.net Marital Status: single, unattached, uncommitted Children: 1 cat, Tasha Occupation: "Computer Geek" On R.T.L. Since: November 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: somewhere over 250 # of LEGO Pieces: "Too many. Not enough." First LEGO Set: Don't remember - I was 3! Favorite Theme(s): Train, Technic, Castle, Pirates. Favorite Set(s): Too tough to call, lately the "Freight Rail Runner" Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Technic transmission from the Super Car Current LEGO Project: Creating new train engines and cars Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Sorry, I can't say... Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Music, golf, gardening, cooking.
From: "Z C. Johnson" <zjohnson@cris.com> Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 09:42:32 -0700 Organization: Lockheed Martin Name: ZC Johnson Gender: F Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 27 (what, all 27 year olds don't play with Legos?) Location: Denver, CO E-mail Address: zjohnson@cris.com LEGO/home page URL(s): home page: http://www.cris.com/~zjohnson Marital Status: single Children: 3 cats, Christian, Monkey, and Europa Occupation: software engineer On R.T.L Since: fall, 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~150 # of LEGO Pieces: ? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: aside from basic blocks, 780 Road Construction Set from 1975 Favorite Theme(s): Space, Pirate, Technic, Castle, ... Favorite Set(s): 6941 Battrax, 6286 Skull's Eye Schooner, 8880 Super Car Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I don't know about me, buy my cats' favorite piece is the bush from the Islanders. Current LEGO Project: Building display stands for my Legos. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none yet Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: working on web pages, Shakespeare, Tom Clancy novels
From: r-c_lg@ix.netcom.com(Robert LeGrand ) Date: 10 Jan 1996 03:51:00 GMT Organization: Netcom X-NETCOM-Date: Tue Jan 09 7:51:00 PM PST 1996 Name: Rob LeGrand Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 15 Location: Madison, WI E-mail Address: r-c_lg@ix.netcom.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: married Children: 2 and 3/4 Occupation: Computer Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Early 94 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: @15 # of LEGO Pieces: ????? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: a standard bricks for house, etc. Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): LEGO car (full size - 8 cylinder) Favorite Piece/Minifigure: shock absorber Current LEGO Project: A Limo (with suspension!) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: working manual transmission Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading, Computers, RC (cars)
From: kitten@PEAK.ORG (Jodi L. Pilcher) Date: 10 Jan 1996 06:34:11 -0800 Organization: KallistiMUD - telnet mud.peak.org 4000 Name: Jodi Pilcher Gender: Female Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Varies Location: Atlanta, Georgia E-mail Address: kitten@peak.org LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.peak.org/~kitten Marital Status: Married Children: not yet :) Occupation: Nanny (2 children: Memphis (3yrs9mo) and Sammy (2yrs2mo) They're addicted to Duplo :) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: The beginning of RTL # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Lots and lots and lots # of LEGO Pieces: no clue # of LEGOfests Attended: none officially, had two RTL people come to my wedding, had a couple others come to our house to play with and drool over our lego. First LEGO Set: a small paradisa set, cant remember which one! Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Pirate, Paradisa, Town Favorite Set(s): Rolling acres ranch, imperial trading post Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Princess, forest maiden, peasants, merchant captain, forestmen in general. Current LEGO Project: Boxing up our lego, a little at a time so that we'll have less to do when we move in a few months. have done most of paradisa and town, still need to do pirate, castle, mtron, etc Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Cleaning Atlanta out of older sets.. paying for our wedding with a lego auction! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading, board games, administrating KallistiMUD, music boxes (there's another collection I've been busy boxing up!), dragons, wizards, castles, travel, "Civilization", cats, children, spending time with my husband, shopping.. and he's currently working on getting me interested in Bloodbowl.
From: rrg@cco.caltech.edu (Roy Gal) Date: 10 Jan 1996 18:27:34 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Name: Roy Gal Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 Location: California Institute (of Technology) E-mail Address: rrg@astro.caltech.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): http://astro.caltech.edu/~rrg/lego.html Marital Status: single Children: 1 cat Occupation: Astronomer (working on Ph.D.) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Early 94 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~150 # of LEGO Pieces: A whole lot # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: 402 Universal Set Favorite Theme(s): Town,Castle,Pirate Favorite Set(s): 560 Town House Favorite Piece/Minifigure: Jailbreak Joe Current LEGO Project: Adding levels to Lego town and getting train up to them Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Model kits (military aircraft),Mac
From: Will Chapman <willc@halcyon.com>
Organization: The Boeing Company
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 20:06:13 GMT
Name : Will Chapman
Gender : M
Birth Year: '68
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: My 2.5 year old and I are playmates!
Location: Sumner, WA (30 miles S of Seattle)
E-mail Address: willc@halcyon.com
Lego Homepage URL: http://www.halcyon.com/willc/lego.htm
Marital status: Married
Children : 2 (Jake 3, Connor 1.5)
Occupation : Access DB Programmer / WWW CGI Developer
On R.T.L. Since : October 1995
# of sets : A little over quite a few.
# of LEGO pieces : Thousands all over the house (My kids like them too!)
Favorite theme(s) : Train Train Train! (Airport Shuttle Monorail included)
Favorite set(s) : Freight Rail Runner & MetroStation
Current project(s): ACQUIRING A CLUB CAR (or 3)! WILL ANYONE SELL ANY?!?!
Figuring out how to lay out my expanded Monorail track..
Lego Steam Engine (http://www.halcyon.com/willc/steamloc.htm)
3D animated Lego movie
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: A Hands-on Lego Railroad for Kids in the Pacific
NW!
Other (non-LEGO) interests: Computer Animation, Volleyball,
From: reimjack@wirehub.nl (Jackelin Rademakers & Reimer Mud) Organization: WireHub Internet (info@wirehub.nl) Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 15:18:43 GMT Name: Reimer Mud Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1961 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: From 9-16 years :-) Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands E-mail Address: reimjack@wirehub.nl LEGO/home page URL(s): none :-( Marital Status: Living together with girlfriend and two cats Children: None ( i want to play with the lego :p ) Occupation: Service & support engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: newbie # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100 give or take a few # of LEGO Pieces: Dunno. not enough, i want more..... # of LEGOfests Attended: none First LEGO Set: i remember getting a train for chrismas when i was three feet tall Favorite Theme(s): Minifig's, Technic, Trains Favorite Set(s): 8868,6541,6285,4563 Favorite Piece(s) all Current LEGO Project: just finished 6340 and Reading R.T.L. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: nothing. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Girlfriend, (had to write this down under force :-) ) Building plastic scale models, video's of blackadder and fawlty towers
From: sjdavanz@ix.netcom.com (Steven J Davanzo) Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 08:33:39 GMT Organization: Netcom Name: Steven J Davanzo Gender: Male Year of Birth: July 19 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Immature and happy Location: Detroit, Michigan E-mail Address: sjdavanz@ix.netcom.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Not applicable Marital Status: Single (Soon to be engaged) Children: None Occupation: Student (One More Term!) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 9/95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: lots, been assimilating since an early age # of LEGO Pieces: Easily near 10K+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: Very old police starion, no minfigs, just basic pieces. Favorite Theme(s): Castles/Pirates/some Space/starting Race (cars) Favorite Set(s): Skull Eye Schooner, Imperial Trading Post. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Trader from Imperial Trading Post. Current LEGO Project: Trying to connect drawbridge and RK Castle into one structure Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Convinced father to buy me yellow brick castle in Ireland on a business trip before castle sets were availble in the U.S. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, MtG (Aiee! two money sucking hobbies!, Sony Playstation, Hockey, Finishing my M.B.A. and getting a job.
From: CHE4SPW@leeds.ac.uk (S.P. Woo)
Organization: Young, Single & Happy
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 15:05:21 +0000 (GMT)
Name: Simon Woo
Gender: M.
Year of Birth: 1975.
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Greater than what I would
like it to be/ Struggling to come out :)
Location: Leeds, UK or BSB, Brunei depending on how you look
at it!
E-mail Address:
che4spw@ecu-01.leeds.ac.uk
che4spw@sun.leeds.ac.uk
LEGO/home page URL(s): None.
Marital Status: Single.
Children: Me.
Occupation: Student.
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Lurking since Sep '95.
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 175
# of LEGO Pieces: Lets see 175x100+lots=lots
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
First LEGO Set: TOWN (1981).
Favorite Theme(s): Classic Space, Castle (Crusaders).
Favorite Set(s): See sig!
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Magnets :)/White Classic
Space minifig
Current LEGO Project: Devising a cheap way of sending the
large Unitron Monorail 8000miles.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I have all SEAn Catalogues from
84--present
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Swimming, Trekking (not the Star
type, but the *real* walking type), Shopping (especially for
LEGOs), Comics (Wildstorm)
E-mail:che4spw@ecu-01.novell.leeds.ac.uk
che4spw@sun.leeds.ac.uk
LEGO: SP++++(6825,6970), AQ+++(6175) ,CA+++(6076), TC++(850), PI+, TO-/++, PA-
M+ S+ LS A+ H!? YB75M
From: bsk123@centcon.com Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 17:31:16 GMT Organization: BrainTree Ltd. Name: Bernard Schmidt Gender: M Year of Birth: 1960 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: varies Location: Los Angeles, California E-mail Address: bsk123@centcon.com LEGO/home page URL(s): non-Lego Homepage: http://www.centcon.com/~bsk123 Marital Status: married Children: 1 daughter who just turned 4 Occupation: selfemployed Estate management, Electronics On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Dec. 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~30 and buying # of LEGO Pieces: ~6000 # of LEGOfests Attended: none First LEGO Set: some basic set back in 1963 I had not played with Lego since 1972, but when we bought the first set for our daughter last year and I discovered the Technic Series, I just couldn't resist. Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Trains Favorite Set(s): lots of them Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Technic parts, construction equipment Current LEGO Project: - Caterpillar D-10 Dozer with wireless RC - helping my wife build a Lego town - trying to persuade my parents in europe to ship me what is left of my childhood Lego collection :-) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Treasure hunting - Ham radio - Guns - Computers
From: cwi2r@sunipc-4.unixlab.Virginia.EDU (Santa Claus) Organization: University of Virginia Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 20:45:55 GMT Name: Chris Ingram Gender: M Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 13 Location: Charlottesville, VA E-mail Address: cwi2r@virginia.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.phys.virginia.edu/~cwi2r Marital Status: Happily Married Children: 2 cats :) Occupation: Physics graduate student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: sometime in October 95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: probably about 80 or so # of LEGO Pieces: eek, who knows? # of LEGOfests Attended: none First LEGO Set: not sure, but I know I have some really OLD sets, including some of the pre-minifig people with featureless faces, and 1 or 2 of the giant people with articulated arms. I also seem to have a lot of car grilles with headlights painted on. Favorite Theme(s): Space! Space!! SPACE!!! Favorite Set(s): the old Space sets...Galaxy Explorer and the Mobile Lab in particular. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): a toss-up between the Spyrius hoodlum guy who came with my Saucer Scout, and the HUGE wheels from my old Expert Builder Auto Chassis. Current LEGO Project: A dropship to go with the troop carrier I have built - styled after the one in _Aliens_. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: don't know if I have one...but does anyone remember the following? *The LEGO Storage Bag - a big circular piece of denim with a drawstring so it can be pulled up into a bag. *The very first version of the Space Command Center - it did NOT have a cratered baseplate, but a flat one with some pieces (curved and sloped) that you could make craters from. I believe this was the version I had, but I have lost the instructions & box long ago. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Games of all types, particularly board and RPGs (and even Magic), Science Fiction, space exploration, Doom, and that physics stuff that I try to do for a living.
From: eileenk@cv.hp.com (Eileen Keeney)
Date: 12 Jan 1996 17:48:24 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard Corvallis Site
Name: Eileen Keeney
Gender: female
Year of Birth:
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: such an age is not measurable, but I
would guess the status is present but it doesn't stay "inner" to often.
Location: Corvallis Oregon USA planet Earth
E-mail Address: eileenk@peak.org
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.peak.org/~eileenk/mylego.html
Marital Status: single
Children: none of my own
Occupation: computer programmer/business analyst
On R.T.L Since: 1992
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: hundreds
# of LEGO Pieces: thousands (and I really will not count them, but I'm
thinking it is about 40 gallons )
# of LEGOfests Attended: none "official", however I had my own with my
nieces and nephews this Thanksgiving.
First LEGO Set: Some basic set in mostly red and white that had doors,
windows, wheels and basic bricks.
Favorite Theme(s): Belville, Technic and trains mixed with lots of
basic bricks and plates.
Favorite Set(s): Technic Control Center II (although I don't own it yet)
Load'n'haul railroad, basic brick assesory pack and
the Belville set with the puppies.
Favorite Piece(s) Belville girl with blond hair and pink shirt although
without the following, I would not have much fun with the little girl piece:
Basic Bricks and plates.
technic beams, gears, pins and motors;
train track w engine base and power unit,
Current LEGO Project:
Still working on my Roller Coaster which I dissasembled in November and only
recently started working on again. (A few pictures of sections of it, that
I took in November are on my web LEGO page).
Santa's Workshop (which was supposed to be done by Christmas, but still needs
a stable and loading dock).
Never Never Land, which I started in November by hanging my Peter Pan and
Wendy dolls so they were flying over my LEGO ocean which had mostly
Pirate ships at the time.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I have no claim to fame at all.
But the coolest thing I ever built was a working carousel (
(a picture of this can be found on my web LEGO page)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:
Dolls (playing with and some collecting)
From: gunter@htlsun1.kfk.de
Date: 12 Jan 1996 17:39:32 GMT
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Reply-To: Frank.Niemeyer@fzu.uni-karlsruhe.de
Name: Frank Niemeyer
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1962
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13
Location: Karlsruhe, Germany
E-mail Address: frank.niemeyer@fzu.uni-karlsruhe.de
LEGO/home page URL(s): Soon to come at
http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~rz71/Private/Lego/
Marital Status: Free (to spend large amounts for LEGO)
Children: Myself
Occupation: System Administrator
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: June 1995
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 27
# of LEGO Pieces: ???
# of LEGOfests Attended: none (are ther any in germany?)
First LEGO Set: 6940 as a birthday present four years ago
Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Classic Space
Favorite Set(s): 1736 - just two of them and you can make a great
wizard car.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): all large plates
Current LEGO Project: Legonaire II - a 20" LEGO BattleMech for my
Lego Wars Army
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Drinking and collecting whisky, roleplaying,
music and books (esp. old ones)
Frank Niemeyer: Environmental Research Center (FZU),
at the Karlsruhe University
Email: frank.niemeyer@fzu.uni-karlsruhe.de
WWW: http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~rz71
From: sullis3@cii3116-14.its.rpi.edu (Manic Frog) Date: 12 Jan 1996 18:39:11 -0500 Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. Name: Shaun Sullivan Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1975 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11 or so, and Immensely Creative: if what you build looks like what you see on the box, then you followed the instructions too well. Location: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY (school) Clinton, NY (home) E-mail Address: sullis3@rpi.edu (school) Sullytoast@aol.com (home) LEGO/home page URL(s): not yet non-Lego Homepage: I'm a Mechy, I'm sorry! Marital Status: Single Children: Nope Occupation: Student, Resident Associate On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: September, 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 20 to 30 (?) # of LEGO Pieces: I don't do exponents. Actually, I just have no clue. A copier-paper box full, in volumetric terms. # of LEGOfests Attended: Zero (0) First LEGO Set: I don't know the number - the first rocket-launcher Space Set, around 1980-1982 or so (?) Favorite Theme(s): (1) Castle (2) Pirate, Space (3) Technic (4) Islander, Town Favorite Set(s): 950 piece BUCKETS! Any large Pirate ship, and quality Castle set. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Skeletal Death (o' the 4 Apocolyptic Horsemen Faceless Black/Red Wraith (round 1x1 for head) Spacer Any Gear (hence the Mech. Eng.) Current LEGO Project: Establishing a powerful medieval castle force, and accompianying castle. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: A 12" tall fully-articulated model of the Robotech mecha (whose BATTLETECH name was Warhammer - I forget the R.T. name - Excalibur, mebbe?) - red with black details. A 4-legged motorized walking robot Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Role-Playing, ANIME, models (mostly sf), reading, literature, Irish history, movies, soccer, volleyball, ultimate Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Role-Playing, ANIME, models (mostly sf), reading, literature, Irish history, movies, soccer, volleyball, ultimate frisbee, etc. etc.
From: robk@access.mountian.net (Robert Kemper) Date: 13 Jan 1996 14:31:13 GMT Organization: American Meter Company Name: Rob Kemper Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1970 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: St. Albans, West Virginia E-mail Address: robk@access.mountain.net LEGO/home page URL(s): None Marital Status: married Children: 2 Calico, 1 black cat Occupation: Information Systems Administrator # of Sets in LEGO Collection: About 60 # of LEGO Pieces: who knows # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: It was a blue Truck with Fish on the Doors, Early 70's Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Town, Technic Favorite Set(s): Dragon's Den Favorite Piece/Minifigure: Black Knight Current LEGO Project: none Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Wood Working, Matchbox Cars.
From: Hansolo.@ix.netcom.com Date: 14 Jan 1996 02:46:24 GMT Organization: Netcom X-NETCOM-Date: Sat Jan 13 6:46:25 PM PST 1996 Hello All! Name: Frank Harding Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:Ask my Wife Location: Seattle,Tacoma area Washington State Lego/Home page URL(s): None Marital Status: Married Children: None Occupation: Honda Tech. # of sets in Lego Collection: 40 # of Lego Pieces: Never counted # of Legofests Attended: None First Lego set: I dont Know,I lost all my sets from Childhood :( Favorite Themes(s): Castle,Model Team,Space,Islander,Pirate,Aquazone,Forester Favorite Set(s): Love them all Favorite Piece/Minifigure: None Current Lego Project: None Greatest claim to Lego Fame: none Other (Non-Lego) Interests: Computers,Computer Games,Snow & Water Skiing,Mountain Bikeing,Jetskiing,Reading(Science,Fantasy).
From: tlong@iu.net (Todd Long) Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 23:52:53 GMT Organization: LongWorld Name: Todd Long Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1965 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8 Location: Melbourne, FL E-mail Address: tlong@iu.net LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: single Children: one 7 year old boy Occupation: printshop owner On R.T.L Since: Dec. 25th 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 22 # of LEGO Pieces: couple thousand (now if I could only find that damn bleach box from when I was a kid!) # of LEGOfests Attended: my son and I have one for ourselves every weekend First LEGO Set: Mine- an early seveties basic building set. My sons Duplo Bucket and his first big kids set Sea Claw 7. Favorite Theme(s): Space Favorite Set(s): Monorail Transport Base Favorite Piece(s) Bridge set for the (now retired) duplo train Current LEGO Project: Keeping my son from finding the Neptune Dicovery Lab box that I got him for next (teah right!) Christmas. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Being bachelors we can leave our Legos all over the living room and not get in trouble. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Coasters, Star Trek.
From: yu146273@yorku.ca (NICHOLAS TOTH)
Date: 16 Jan 1996 01:27:20 GMT
Organization: York University
Name: Nicholas Toth
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1976
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 19 and/or 13, depending. When the
wind is southerly, I know a falcon from a pickaxe.
Location: North York, Ontario, Canada
E-mail Address: yu146273@yorku.ca
Marital Status: I wish!
Children: Nope
Occupation: Student, Part Time Librarian
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: December, 1995
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 32 full, 8 Mini-fig sets, 3 misc. (wheels,
doors, etc.), and the mini-figs from the original Dragon Castle
# of LEGO Pieces: Used to be more than 3,000, but I gave about half
(town, space, and basic) to my brother, when I decided to specialize in
Castle stuff. I've added more since then, though, so maybe 2,000.
# of LEGOfests Attended: None.
First LEGO Set: A small space vehicle, a sort of one-man launch, with a
white space guy. I was three, so that's 1979, and it got mixed in with my
cousin's and was never seen again.
Favorite Theme(s): Castle, definitely, but give me the new men, arms, and
animals, and the old castles.
Favorite Set(s): 375/6075 Yellow Castle.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 2x2x3high buttress pieces (simplicity)
hand axe and hammer
Old-style knight's visors (T-slot)
Uniformed Soldiers from Pirates
Norse bearded guy from Sea Serpent
The Wizard
Current LEGO Project: None, really. I've got this impregnable castle and
139 armed men of various kinds to defend it, but I haven't got the time
to stage a battle. Maybe in the summer...
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Lego battle in grade 7. My home-brew castle
and siege equipment, against my teacher's boxed castles (original lion
and eagle castles, and the tavern) and siege equipment. I cleaned up,
because her knights couldn't climb my walls, just by standing on their
horses' backs!
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading (SF/F, Hist, Shakespeare), computers
(strangely enough, not a prerequisite to net-access, any more), starship
design, the Holy Rutabaga, creating sleep deficit, and RPGs, occasionally.
From: karini@aksi.net (Karin Isberg) Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 16:36:37 GMT Organization: Acquired Knowledge Systems, Inc. Name: Karin Isberg Gender: F Year of Birth: 1954 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child(ren): 9-14 VERY active! Location: Miami, Florida USA E-mail Address: karini@aksi.net LEGO/home page URL(s): Under construction Marital Status: Commited (13+ yrs) Children: Only inner kids and a wonderful dog Andy Occupation: Sys Adm for Blue Moon Books On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Just discovered it @ 3 wks ago! # of Sets in LEGO Collection: @20 # of LEGO Pieces: ?? Not enough! # of LEGOfests Attended: LEGOfests!? Where!??? First LEGO Set: A *wooden* bag full back in late 50's! Favorite Theme(s): Town (seaports), Islanders, Forestmen Favorite Set(s): Metro Station, Launch & Load Seaport, Forestman's Crossing and Forbidden Island Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Aquanauts, Forestmen, Pirates Current LEGO Project: Selling off all my Stark Trek collection for more Lego sets! Building a high wall to wall (all walls) shelf for dis(play) of Legos in bedroom Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Still have wooden Legos! (not sure if they are "Lego" brand) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Drawing/painting, sailing, fencing, bicycling, building/flying R/C sailplanes, R/C sailboats, computer games, boardgames, Illuminati (INWO)Trading Card Game
From: sixten.otto@dartmouth.edu (Sixten Otto)
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 15:09:13 -0400
Organization: Dartmouth College
Name: Sixten Otto
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1976
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: No idea, but from the looks I get from
my friends sometimes, young...
Location: Rochester, New York (Home); Hanover, New Hampshire (School)
E-mail Address: sixten.otto@dartmouth.edu
Marital Status: Not
Children: None
Occupation: Student (Dartmouth College)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: January 1996
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: I never really kept count, but I imagine
somewhere on the order of 50-70 (??).
# of LEGO Pieces: I have absolutely no idea, but they fill two drawers of
an old dresser in my room.... :-)
# of LEGOfests Attended: None.
First LEGO Set: I have tattered instructions for a fire engine from the
days before posable mini-figs with faces (from 1978 or 79) but the first I
remember much is the 497 Galaxy Explorer.
Favorite Theme(s): Space and Castle.
Favorite Set(s): Not sure, but quite possibly 6954 Blacktron Renegade.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron minifigs (the galactic bada**es...)
the new Castle swords and halberds
the new tools (from Launch Command, others)
palm trees!
the mysteriously alluring (yet strangely
disturbing) Islander lei chick...
Current LEGO Project: Nothing, really. I have only recently begun to ease
back out of my own mini-Dark Ages, and have mainly been picking up sets
with minifigs or bits that struck me as neat.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: There was the time I started to build a
starship interior with a floor composed of every 6x8 or larger base I
owned, but it's funny how an overturned table 3 days in can dampen one's
enthusiasm for such a project (especially in 2nd or 3rd grade).... :-\
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading (SF, Lovecraft, older Anne Rice, some
fantasy), Role-Playing Games, Warhammer 40K, Computers
Sixten F. K. Otto, D'98, http://coos.dartmouth.edu/~sotto/
From: Leo Dorst <leo@fwi.uva.nl> Date: 17 Jan 1996 16:06:54 GMT Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam Name: Leo Dorst Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1958 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Recovering Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands E-mail Address: leo@fwi.uva.nl Marital Status: married to Phyllis Crabill and two cats. Children: None Occupation: Research scientist in robotics On R.T.L. Since: 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: oh, I dunno - 200 ? # of LEGO Pieces: oh, I dunno - 50,000 ? First LEGO Set: It has always been around... Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Town, Train Favorite Set(s): 6670, 6594 (both for clever use of pieces), 8828 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Micromotor Current LEGO Project: Transferring designs to: http://carol.fwi.uva.nl/~leo/ Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Our Amsterdam canal house in Lego (see WWW). Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: go, hiking, robotics, music (passively...)
From: wckokal@vms.cis.pitt.edu Date: 17 Jan 96 15:09:19 EDT Organization: University of Pittsburgh Name: Bill Kokal Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 9 Location: Pittsburgh PA USA E-mail Address: pacwck+@pitt.edu Marital Status: married to my wonderful (and lego-sympathetic) wife, Lisa Children: None Occupation: Systems Analyst On R.T.L. Since: 1994 (on and off) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ?? 400, maybe # of LEGO Pieces: ?? 12 cu ft? 324000cu. centimeters (I think) First LEGO Set: Basic Set around 1972 Favorite Theme(s): Pirate, Castle Favorite Set(s): all Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Forestmen Current LEGO Project: Building my all pirate ships to take on the Imperial Armada Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: PA License plate: LEGO Wifes: ONO LEGO Last 4 digits of phone # L-E-G-O Went to Legoland this past summer Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: reading, music, history
From: John Cromer <cro>
Date: 19 Jan 1996 01:38:52 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Name: John Cromer
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1952
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: terminal adolescence, but was informed
recently I was in danger of leaving
its ranks due to "my irrational fear
of personal bankruptsy." (I bounced
a mortgage check!)
Location: Pasadena, CA
E-mail Address: cro@astro.caltech.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://astro.caltech.edu/~cro/home.html
(no lego yet)
Marital Status: married
Children: two cats, nephew.
Occupation: programmer for the Palomar and Keck
Observatories
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Feb, 1995.
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 120
# of LEGO Pieces: 22473
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
First LEGO Set: 8042 Universal Pneumatic. (I played
with Happi Time Bricks as a child.)
Favorite Theme(s): Technic, castle, islanders, town.
Favorite Set(s): Universal Pneumatic (sentimental)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The Skeleton and The Redhead.
Current LEGO Project: Finish Super Car, Airtech Claw Rig,
Lego home page. Obtain all the
Technic Idea Books (only 8889 to go.)
Help my wife with a course in simple
machines using Technic sets at a
local public school.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: No claims.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Humor, reading, applied math, physics,
history, cycling, hiking.
From: minxkely@flood.xnet.com (Minx Kelly) Date: 21 Jan 1996 19:20:30 GMT Organization: XNet - A Full Service Internet Provider - (708) 983-6064 Name: Patrick Finnegan Gender: male Age: 11 Year of birth: 3-18-84 Mental age/status of inner child: 12 Location: Chicago E-mail address: fireball@calunet.com (will be activated any day now) LEGO/home page url: none yet Marital status: you got to be kidding Children: none Occupation: tattletale and above average student # of sets in LEGO collection: 40 # of LEGO pieces: a million First LEGO set: 6389 Fire Control Center Favorite theme(s): Town Police/Rescue Favorite set(s): 6984 Galactic Mediator Current project: saving up for new sets Greatest claim to LEGO fame: helping to build Auntie Minx's theme park Other (non-LEGO) interests: video games,music, collecting die cast cars taking care of my cat Peanuts.
From: Poconnor@apci.net (James O'Connor) Date: 26 Jan 1996 20:01:22 GMT Organization: Applied Personal Computing, Inc. Name: Gloria O'Connor Gender: Female Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12, providing the 'adult supervision for my houseful' Location: Scott AFB, IL E-mail Address: oconnor@apci.net LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: married Children: 2: 3-yr old boy, 20-mo girl Occupation: husband-helper, kid-keeper, home-maker On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 2 Duplo sets # of LEGO Pieces: a lot, they seem to multiply when no one is looking # of LEGOfests Attended: none First LEGO Set: a Christmas gift to my sister and I, she monopolized it Favorite Theme(s): none yet Favorite Set(s): none yet Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): none yet (Although as the kids grow, I'm sure we'll specialize.) Current LEGO Project: finding them all Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Bible study, (often) experimental cooking, net surfing.
From: Chris Wilding <wilding@server.uwindsor.ca>
Organization: University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 23:03:49 GMT
Name: Christopher Robin Wilding
(but same the typing: Chris will do...)
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1975
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 20, bouncing back 10-15 years upon
sighting a LEGO brick.
Location: Windsor, ON, Canada
E-mail Address: wilding@server.uwindsor.ca
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www2.uwindsor.ca/~wilding/index.html
http://www2.uwindsor.ca/~wilding/lego.html
(Guess which one is the Lego page...)
Marital Status: single
Children: none -- closest to that is my youngest
sister, 13 years my junior, whom I am
trying to hook on LEGO.
Occupation: Engineering student (2nd Yr, Mechanical)
at the Univerisity of Windsor, ON, Canada
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Observing since Oct. 1995, 1st post today.
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~40
# of LEGO Pieces: 3000 confirmed, and all the little bits
left over... ~5000-5500
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0 <sniff!>
First LEGO Set: (I can't remember that far!) It was
some big (for a 3.5 yr. old!) DUPLO
set (circa 1977-9), also my younger
sister's 1st set.
Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Space, Town.
Favorite Set(s): 8858 Orig. Engine Set,
Fire Station (c. 1980 -set # ????)
8062 Universal Technic Set,
8880 Technic Super Car.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Any gear, old square pistons, new round
pistons, differentials, all of the classic
space elements.
Current LEGO Project: Lego/TECHNIC homepage. Catalogue and
index *ALL* of my Lego on a database.
Aquire more Lego :)
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Christmas, 1995: My grandmother hands
me my 'inheritance', a bag of old LEGO,
the pre ABS plastic stuff! (I hope my
uncles won't get too upset over this.)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Engineering, Cars, Drawing, Computers,
Reading, Foreign Languages, Anime &
Manga, Programming, Raytracing,
Websurfing, and My Homepage(s).
From: pappgj@hg.uleth.ca
Date: 2 Feb 1996 21:40:36 GMT
Organization: University of Lethbridge
Name: Alexander (Alex) Pappajohn
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1977
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: ?
Location: Lethbridge, AB
E-mail Address: pappgj@acad1.cc.uleth.ca or
pappgj@hg.uleth.ca
Marital Status: s
Children: 0
Occupation: student/teacher
On R.T.L. Since: summer 94
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 13 (rest unboxed)
# of LEGO Pieces: 2 bins.
First LEGO Set: ?
Favorite Theme(s): space
Favorite Set(s): Small Spacecraft
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Exploriens, Octan.
Current LEGO Project: Saving up to buy more LEGO.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:
Models that match color schemes almost perfectly;
Sea Sprint 9 for $0.98.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Visual C++, Star Trek, Models of robots
and aircraft.
From: merryvie@ux7.cso.uiuc.edu (June Merryview)
Date: 14 Feb 1996 19:25:13 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Name: Gaitsiri Mongkolsmai ("Tina") (I'm Thai)
Gender: Female
Year of Birth: 1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 22 or 11/My inner child will never die..
Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA
E-mail Address: mongkolsmai_tina@tandem.com
gmongkol@envirolink.org
TinaM95@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://members.aol.com/tinam95/index.html
Marital Status: single/6 mo anniversary on V-day '96!!
Children: Maybe in a couple of years away...
Occupation: Information Systems Analyst (programmer)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: February 1996!!
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 10 at home (Bloomington, Illinois)
and ordering 3 more from Roy Gal
# of LEGO Pieces: don't know...
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
First LEGO Set: a _BIG_ Universal set..the one with the
granny person and the teeny doors and the
big wheels and thick green plates... I
don't know where it is anymore...
Favorite Theme(s): Town, anything with pieces useful in
building houses, meaning 2-3 bedrooms,
baths with shower rooms, kitchens with
islands, balconies and sunrooms, etc...
Hard to do with limited flat plates and
white 1x's...I use lots of door-sized
windows, etc... any other suggestions? I
also use things like flat 2x2's for the
tiled bath/kitchen floors and outdoor
patio steps...
Favorite Set(s): I've combined the best pieces for house
building in a huge popcorn tin and a few
other containers, ie roof pieces in one,
flat pieces in one, people/small special
pieces in another, doors/windows/palmtree
and stacked bricks between flat pieces
(5 high of course for house-building) in
the popcorn tin...
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Hmm...outdoor lamps, clear pieces from my
old Universal set ofr glass block designs,
| flat tiles for kitchens, mailboxes for an
|__ oven (wish there were a better piece for
| that), a chair and a clear-blue plastic
_| window piece to make bar stools as shown,
storage boxes that open (2x3x2) sideways
and the refridgerator (2x3x4, sometimes I
wish it were 2x3x5), slanted windows for
skylights, bumped out sunroom pieces (the
ones that curve and are 4x3x6)
Current LEGO Project: Getting my mom to pack my Lego sets for
me and bringing them when they visit at
the end of March. She may not do it...
but I'm also ordering from Roy Gal so I
will survive on those...
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Oh, I just have fun building 3 bedroom,
2 bath homes with 2 stories, a balcony,
all the above I mentioned...better in
size than some homes in California, if
you think about the price!!! Goodness..
Best LEGO deal: Probably buying these older sets from
Roy Gal since I've been looking for a
number of sets and can't find any in TRU
here or at Target. (Boohoo.)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: I'm interested in floor plan designs and
in camping and keeping my relationship
with the one I love alive; hopefully it
will last for always...
Other: Oh, and I love food. (not all...but..)
I love Thai food, hot curries plus...hey,
just see my homepages. Thanks!
From: Peter Moster <peter.moster@megadolt.inka.de>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 13:40:30 +0100
Organization: INKA e.V. POP Ruelzheim
Name: Peter Moster
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 He is into Technic now...
Location: Offenbach, near Karlsruhe, Germany
E-mail Address: peter.moster.megadolt.inka.de
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.inka.de/sites/megadolt/
Marital Status: single
Children: yes, myself
Occupation: student: electrical engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: September 1995
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 40
# of LEGO Pieces: three drawers and some
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
First LEGO Set: I remember hobby models 391-393... then came the rift.
after my Lego dark ages: 6814, little ice planet vehicle.
Favorite Theme(s): Pirates, Technic
Favorite Set(s): Big hulking ships
Favorite Minifigs: red and blue troopers
Current LEGO Project: 1) 6-legged pneumatic walker Pirate ship with hull from
a big pirate ship and Technic "musical clock" control.
2) Finish study and get job to earn money
to spend on Lego.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Playing Legowars at a party.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: my friends, Computers, Games, Bicycling
From: shepherd.38@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu (Chris Shepherd) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 21:32:00 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Name: Carolyn Cheney Gender: Female Year of Birth: 1956 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Was going down nicely, then I hit 40. Maybe more LEGO will help. Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA E-mail address: cheney1@osu.edu LEGO homepage/URLs:Someday Marital Status: Married (he gave me roof bricks for Valentine's Day) Children: 1 son, Geoffrey, born in 1988 Ocupation:Research Immunologist On R.T.L (A.T.L) since: Lurking since 1993 # sets in LEGO collection: about 100 # pieces: Don't know # LEGOfests: none, but I am hosting one this weekend First LEGO set: Some basic bricks when I was a kid, but no longer have them. Otherwise, some Duplo bought for my son (so it is really his, but we share) Favorite Theme: Imperial Guards Favorite sets: Trading post (not that I have it) favorite piece/minifig: shooting cannon, pirate wench current LEGO project: figuring out how to host a LEGOfest Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Longest lurker? Best LEGO deal: The seaport for US$50., but I am trying to do better. Other (non LEGO) interests: family, immunology, cooking, sewing, fencing, reading mysteries, renovating my home
From: peoples@interpath.com (Edward T. Riddle) Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 05:00:20 GMT Organization: Interpath -- Providing Internet access to North Carolina Name: Edward T. Riddle Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 - The perfect LEGO Age Location: Fletcher, NC, USA E-mail address: peoples@interpath.com LEGO homepage/URLs: I'm working on it... Marital Status: Married - She thinks LEGOs are OK Children: 1 Son, Nicholas, Born 021295 Ocupation: Service Mgr for a computer Co. On RTL Since: Lurking since Dec `95 # Sets in LEGO Ccollection: 55 # Pieces: 8775 (+/- 100) # LEGOfests: None - But I'm willing =) First LEGO set: Older `70s sets when I was a kid - But unfortunetly they are long gone. Favorite Theme(s): Castle & Pirates Favorite Set(s): 4563 Load N' Haul Railroad - It looks GREAT under the Christmas Tree Favorite Piece/MiniFig: Shooting Canon/Forestmen (Glad there coming back) Current LEGO Project: Learning HTML to get my URL up Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: ? Best LEGO Deal: 25% Off @ K-Mart Other (NonLEGO) Interests: What do you mean NonLEGO? Video Games, My Son, Computers (I have 5)... LEGO: PI+++ (6286/0412) CA+++ (6081) AQ+++ (6175) TR++ (4563) LEGO: TO+ (6346/6397) SP+ (6982) #++ S+ LS++ Hsu/al A YB68m
From: shc103@york.ac.uk (SH Carter) Date: 26 Feb 1996 17:21:48 GMT Organization: The University of York, UK Name: Steven H Carter Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Steve has two mental ages, 5 and 32. These are united in the LEGO plane. Location: York, North Yorkshire, UK E-mail address: shc103@york.ac.uk LEGO homepage/URLs: none (!) Marital Status: Single Children: Nope Ocupation: Student / civil servant On RTL Since: 26 Feb 1996 # Sets in LEGO Ccollection: ? # Pieces: ? # LEGOfests: ? First LEGO set: Older `70s sets when I was a kid. Favorite Theme(s): Technik Favorite Set(s): Nope Favorite Piece/MiniFig: The helmet with a blue visor Current LEGO Project: None - My EVIL MOTHER took away my legos when I was "too old" - I was only 16! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None Best LEGO Deal: Won UKP1.10's worth of lego tractor at Christmas 1983? Other (NonLEGO) Interests: Old computers & consoles, music, building robots (though I haven't finished one yet!) -- Steve Carter, shc103@york.ac.uk, http://www.york.ac.uk/~shc103 # E_shoot me down if I tell a lie! # ... and when I say Lego, I mean LEGO(R) bricks and no-one elses.
From: timb@tiac.net (Tim Bithoney) Date: 3 Mar 1996 15:10:18 GMT Organization: Along The Way Solutions Name: Tim Bithoney Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 10 yrs old I just love toys!!! Location: Boston MA E-mail address: timb@tiac.net LEGO homepage/URLs: none (!) Marital Status: Engaged Children: does a cat count? Ocupation: Student On RTL Since: Summer of 95 # Sets in LEGO Ccollection: roughly 100 # Pieces: lots!!! # LEGOfests: ? First LEGO set: Duplo stuff and then space sets from the late 70s.. Favorite Theme(s): Space Favorite Set(s): Old space sets with first red, white and yellow figures. Favorite Piece/MiniFig: Original Yellow space man Current LEGO Project: to get the BIG castle! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None Best LEGO Deal: My gradfather buying them for me! Other (NonLEGO) Interests: Star Wars, Macintosh, Web page design, Home Theater, Punk and Hardcore.
From: gwyckoff@ellis.uchicago.edu (Gerald Wyckoff)
Organization: The University of Chicago
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 21:08:10 GMT
Date: 4/17/96
Name: Gerald J. Wyckoff
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Varying wildly between 3 and 63- inner
child in firm control most times.
Location: Chicago, IL (and occasionally Commack,New York)
E-mail Address: gwyckoff@midway.uchicago.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): Not yet
Marital Status: Engaged
Children: Nope
Occupation: Genetics Graduate Student (i.e., none)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan, 1995
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: approx. 50
# of LEGO Pieces: ????
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
First LEGO Set: inherited many miscellaneous blocks from uncle circa 1974
Favorite Theme(s): Space, Castle
Favorite Set(s): Rebel Hunter (most useful pieces/package)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): long "multipurpose" piece which looks like
a cross between a rifle and a VHS video-camera
Current LEGO Project: Attempting to build a large, to mini-fig scale space
ship using 1/2 off the clamshell of the Ice Planet
Outpost as the canopy for the command area and full
crew living areas, but it is taking a back seat to my
Thesis Proposal at the moment. Planned finish date,
6/30/96.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Scale model of A-10 Warthog ('cept it wasn't
green...)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My thesis, my fiance, hiking, traveling, role
playing, reading, and Babylon 5.
From: smd5833@is2.nyu.edu (Sid M. Dinsay) Date: 18 Apr 1996 05:06:37 GMT Organization: New York University NNTP-Posting-User: root Name: Sid Mark Dinsay Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: ages 10-14 Location: New Yawk, New Yawk E-mail Address: smd5833@is2.nyu.edu Marital Status: married, for all intents and purposes Children: none, two dogs Occupation: News Assistant, NY1 News On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: September, 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: at least 150 # of LEGO Pieces: lots # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: A Basic set in 1970 Favorite Set: Anything space, most town, technic Favorite theme: Space, sub-themes thereof; aquazone and aquasharks Favorite piece to date: those octagonal thingees in AQ sets LEGO acheivements: millenium falcon, klingon bird of prey, City of Icars (sorry, no .pict files!) Best place to shop for LEGO: thrift stores, of course!
From: ptinney@wimsey.com (Pat Tinney) Date: Thu, 18 Apr 96 23:24:50 GMT Organization: Online at Wimsey Name: Pat Tinney Gender: Female Year of Birth: 19 and something Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: BC Canada E-mail Address: ptinney@wimsey.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Maybe some day Marital Status: married Children: Cole & Ria, human; Niki & Kieth, dog & cat. Occupation: Retired computer programmer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Summer '95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 129 # of LEGO Pieces: 32,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: Stuff from the 60's - was given away by my mother :-( Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Pirates and the rest Favorite Set(s): SES Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Fabuland Mouse Current LEGO Project: Building the Once-lers house. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My kids & husband, dog training, computers and sometimes annoying the cat.
From: Richard Bierworth <richard_bierworth@valpak.com> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 10:47:19 -0500 Organization: Val=?iso-8859-1?Q?=80Pak DMS, Inc.?= Name: Richard Bierworth Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1962 (I just turned twenty-fourteen) Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 (the maximum LEGO age per boxes) Location: Largo, Florida E-mail Address: richardb@valpak.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None yet Marital Status: Single Children: None Pets: Socks and Alexis Occupation: Technical Software Support On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 2/96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+ # of LEGO Pieces: more than 12,000 is my guess, but less than I'd like. # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: Royal Knights Castle (I played with a friends basic sets as a child and had none of my own) :^( Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Town, Pirate, Space, Aquazone (in that order) Favorite Set(s): Metrostation (great building, wish there were more) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Non-town females. They are so rare that I jump for joy if I can find one. Current LEGO Project: Building the missing town buildings (Post Office, Bank, Theatre, Store, School, Library, etc.) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Finding a way to fund my LEGO habit. ;^) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Comics, Collectible Card Games, Writing
From: bk6256@CNSVAX.ALBANY.EDU (Hi)
Date: 19 Apr 1996 19:45:54 GMT
Organization: University of Albany, SUNY
Name: Brett Kingery
Gender: Boy
Year of Birth: 1975
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 17
Location: Saratoga Springs
E-mail Address: BK6256@CNSVAX.ALBANY.EDU
LEGO/home page URL(s): Won't ever have one (there's no good Muppet pages yet!)
Marital Status: Marriage? Whats that?
Children: Never
Occupation: Student/Tech. Support in Library
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Fall 1994
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ???
# of LEGO Pieces: ???
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
First LEGO Set: Entire 1984 Castle line (at Christmas)
Favorite Theme(s): Castle
Favorite Set(s): Any set I don't have
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): None
Current LEGO Project: Buying as many Castle pieces as I can't afford
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Most number of rejected ideas from Lego, Inc?
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Music, Rollerblading, Warcraft II
eating Orida Crispers/Twice baked potatoes
From: drvasher@mtu.edu (David R Vasher) Date: 19 Apr 1996 00:41:42 -0400 Organization: Michigan Tech Name: Dave Vasher Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: All to active Location: Houghton, MI E-mail Address: drvasher@mtu.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: single Children: Occupation: Undergrad, ME On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan, '96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 20ish # of LEGO Pieces: Far too few... # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: No clue... Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): Not one in particular Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The shock thingies Current LEGO Project: Arctic Cat snowmobile with working suspension Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Don't have one:( Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Any sport, snowmobiles, country music:)
From: yoplait@eskimo.com (George Handel) Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 14:58:05 GMT Name: Layne Benofsky Gender: Male(?) Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 15 1/2 (and holding steady) Location: Seattle, Washington! WEU WEU! E-mail Address: yoplait@eskimo.com LEGO/home page URL(s): :( none :( Marital Status: Free as a boid! :) *chirp chirp* Children: I are one. Occupation: Student/Part timer/Singer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Oh dear.. at least six months. # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Lots # of LEGO Pieces: A 'Tub'(*) Full # of LEGOfests Attended: Legofests? :) First LEGO Set: Some stuff that came in a brown box. but they WERE Lego Favorite Theme(s): Pirates (was space) Favorite Set(s): Galalxy Explorer... and the Mobile Rocket Launcher Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron I, definatly >:) Current LEGO Project: Developing a playing arena for LegoW**s Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Upgrading the Galaxy Explorer to abouot 2/3 again as large, and keeping the 'style' intact. I loved that thing. Stayed together for years! :) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Singing, model/miniature ships, model/miniature anything else (:)) Collecting rabbit things.
From: Wendy <WCSmile@postoffice.pbinet.com> Date: 23 Apr 1996 04:22:50 GMT Organization: Fork Xiao Dirt Name: Wendy Cheng Gender: F Year of Birth: 1977 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 7 and a half Location: SF bay area, California E-mail Address: WCSmile@pbinet.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: single Children: Occupation: college student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Feb, '96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 40 # of LEGO Pieces: Don't know yet. # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: Can not remeber, I think it was a classic space set. Favorite Theme(s): Town/Western Favorite Set(s): #6397 Gas 'N' Wash Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Classic fire fighters Current LEGO Project: Upgrading my LEGO city. I call it Riverdale. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Japanese Comics, HK movies.
From: ndrkk@dordt.edu (Andre Kok) Date: 23 Apr 1996 06:19:25 GMT Organization: Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA Name: Andre' Kok Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1976 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 19 Location: Sioux Center, IA (Denver, CO for the summer) E-mail Address: ndrkk@cc.dordt.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): http://bbs.dordt.edu:2000/~andre Marital Status: engaged Children: none Occupation: Elementary Education Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1994 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 110 or so # of LEGO Pieces: more than 110 # of LEGOfests Attended: none (went to the great create 95, check it out on my home page!) First LEGO Set: 588 Polie HQ Favorite Theme(s): Soldiers, Imperial Gaurds, Wolfpack Favorite Set(s): Imperial Trading Post, Wolfpack Tower Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blue backpacked soldier Current LEGO Project: packing it all up for the summer :) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none really :( Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My Fiance, computers(Macintosh), rollerblading, playing viola, traveling, hiking, sleeping. Andre' Kok http://bbs.dordt.edu:2000/~andre/ Elementary Education Student ndrkk@cc.dordt.edu Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA bw238@freenet.uchsc.edu LEGO: PI+++(6277) TO++(588) CA+>(6090) #++ S LS+ H!? M+ A+ YB76m
From: dellis@mkitso.bbn.com (David Ellis)
Date: 23 Apr 1996 15:21:39 GMT
Organization: BBN, Inc.
Name: David Ellis
Gender: M
Year of Birth: '49 (that makes me 46)
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: ~12
Location: Framingham, MA (20 mi W of Boston)
Email: (work) dellis@bbn.com; (home) dje@mkitso.ultranet.com
Marital Status: M
Children: Ben, born '89
Occupation: Software Engineering / network security
Employment: Senior Engineer, BBN Systems & Technologies, Cambridge, MA.
On R.T.L. Since: 6/95
Number of Sets in Collection: 32
Number of Pieces: 9208 (plus 2050 additional loose pieces).
List of sets, in order of purchase: 335, 1719, 6314, 4153; 6340, 6670;
6345, 9365, 6483, 6949, 6544; 8720, 8062, 1785; 6020, 6125, 8818, 8225;
6973, 6571, 6279, 1789, 8856; 1843, 1728, 8244, 6335; 1728, 8868, 6982;
1822, 6939.
Oldest Set: 335 (Basic 3+ tote pack, 244 pcs).
Freestyle: 1719 (4-12 box, 186 pcs); 4153 (5-12 chest, 683 pcs).
Town: 6314 (Town People, 27 pcs); 6340 (Hook and Ladder, 173 pcs);
6670 (Rescue Rig, 112 pcs); 6345 (Aerial Acrobats, 332 pcs);
6483 (Coastal Patrol, 240 pcs); 6544 (Shuttle Transcon, 320 pcs);
6571 (Flame Fighters, 416 pcs); 6335 (Indy Transport, 385 pcs).
DACTA/Town: 9365 (DACTA Community Vehicles, 704 pcs).
Space: 1785 (Crater Critters, 143 pcs); 6939 (Saucer Centurion, 211 pcs);
6973 (Deep Freeze Defender, 412 pcs); 1789 (Star Hawk 2, 288 pcs);
6982 (Explorien Starship, 652 pcs); 6949 (Robo-Guardian, 360 pcs).
Technic: 8720 (Power Pack, 54 pcs); 8062 (Universal w/case, 403 pcs);
8818 (Desert Racer, 118 pcs); 8225 (Road Rally V, 95 pcs);
8856 (Whirlwind Rescue, 507 pcs); 8244 (Convertables, 276 pcs);
8868 (Air Tech Claw Rig, 957 pcs).
Aquazone: 6125 (Sea Sprint 9, 28 pcs); 1728 (Crystal Crawler, 92 pcs)(2);
1822 (Sea Claw 7, 183 pcs).
Castle: 6020 (Magic Shop, 45 pcs).
Pirates: 6279 (Skull Island, 366 pcs).
Value: 1843 (Space/Castle value pack, 104 pcs).
Favorite Themes: Space, Technic, Town
Favorite Sets: 6483, 6949, 6973
The only non-standard set in my collection is #9365, a DACTA set that contains
ten vehicles, including #6662 (Back Hoe), #6594 (Gas Transit), #6535 (Dumper),
#6668 (Recycle Truck), #6533 (Police 4x4), an ambulance very similar but not
identical to #6666, #6524 (Blizzard Blazer), #6660 (Hook 'n' Haul Wrecker), a
small dumper and a firefighter's van.
Personal: I've been interested in Lego only since last May, when my son
received set #4153 for his birthday. My creativity for designing constructions
is extremely limited, so I would very much wish to borrow, trade or otherwise
obtain copies of instructions for models I don't have (hint, hint).
Claim to Fame: Nothing I've got or have built is notable. I have posted to the
FTP archive on earthsea.stanford.edu listings with piece by piece inventory
information for fifteen of my sets and reviews for eleven of these sets. I am
compiling a list of Lego pieces by description and part number (where
available). I wrote the Lego folks in Enfield and Billund, asking if there's
an official set of names and numbers for all the pieces; they replied that this
information is for use inside the company only and is not to be made available
to customers. Anybody with more information is invited to contact me by email.
--
David J Ellis
BBN Systems and Technologies Network Security department
Mailstop 13/2a 10 Moulton Street Cambridge, MA 02138
dellis@bbn.com 617-873-6016
From: Michael Heun <vader1@execpc.com> Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 21:09:19 +0000 Organization: Exec-PC BBS - Milwaukee, WI Name: Michael Heun Gender: Male Year of Birth:1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:8 Location:Milwaukee, Wis E-mail Address:vader1@execpc.com LEGO/home page URL(s):none Marital Status:single Children:- Occupation:marketing On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:Jan, 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection:70 # of LEGO Pieces: not a clue # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: 588 Police Department Favorite Theme(s): Town, Train Favorite Set(s): Airport shuttle, Shell Park and Station, Airport Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Exxon, Shell, and licensed /trademark logo figs. Current LEGO Project:Building 40 town sets sorted by colors in one box .....putting together my first town layout in a decade!! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My major purchase of 40 LEGO town sets in one outing. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: The Bible, action figures, anything Star Wars, anything Batman, movies, reading, sports and related statistics.
From: zeek1701@aol.com (Zeek1701) Date: 24 Apr 1996 01:46:31 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Name: Jason Mergenov Gender: Male Year of Birth:1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:12, my girlfriend says 8 Location:Great Falls, Mt E-mail Address:zeek1701@aol.com/zeek170@mcn.net LEGO/home page URL(s):none Marital Status:single Children:none Occupation:Minuteman III ICBM Launch Control Officer (USAF) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:Mar, 1996 (FNG) # of Sets in LEGO Collection:150+ # of LEGO Pieces: not enough # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: A space one from the 70's, had a lunar lander and some large figs Favorite Theme(s): Pirates, town, knights Favorite Set(s): Imperial flagship, renegade runner, all my knights and police stuff Favorite Piece(s): Minifigs and weapons/tools. Current LEGO Project: Converting the freight hauler train into the, never built, Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Train. Just finished my MMIII Launch Control Center. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I'm the only one I know who makes models of nuclear weapon systems out of legos Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Collecting kenner SW figs, computer programing, X-Files, Jimmy Buffet
From: "Jeffrey D. Livingston" <jlivings@infointl.com> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 10:47:59 -0400 Organization: United States Internet, Inc. Name: Jeffrey D. Livingston Gender: M Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Bounces between 12 and 50 Location: Corryton, Tennessee E-mail Address: jlivings@infointl.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Supervisor for Technical Analysis (Chem. Engineer by degree) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Sometime last year # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 200+ # of LEGO Pieces: 15,000+ (I guess?) # of LEGOfests Attended: None First LEGO Set: The 1970s Lunar Lander with the Moon Rover Favorite Theme(s): Pirates and Space Favorite Set(s): Skulls Eye Schooner Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Any MiniFig Current LEGO Project: Pirate Fortress with Arsenal Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Found some old space Lego sets lost in inventory. Bought the sets for very good price. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Too too many. Large collections of: Models, Music CDs, and Laserdiscs. Also like Golf, working on my computer, History, Arts, Racing and UnivTennessee Football. Keeping my girlfriend out of trouble takes a lot of time.
From: coogan@earthlink.net Date: 1 May 1996 20:19:51 GMT Organization: Earthlink Network, Inc. Name: Paul Coogan Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1962 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 7 Location: Pasadena, CA E-mail Address: coogan@earthlink.net Marital Status: married Children: Son 7 Occupation: Audio Recording Engineer On R.T.L. Since: Oct 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+ # of LEGO Pieces: enough to make it hard to find the piece you need. First LEGO Set: I just remember having a big box of very simple pieces. Favorite Theme(s): Space/Aquazone Favorite Set(s): Deepfreeze Defender Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): anything that allows movement/Basic Smiley Current LEGO Project: Work on getting my homepage about lego together, and build a working clock. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Sorting out all the pieces and instructions for the airplane so my son could put them together on a train trip. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: computers (any platform, even cpm), origami, fine art, graphic design.
From: clayson@Eng.Sun.COM (Mathew Clayson) Date: 1 May 1996 22:37:09 GMT Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc. Name: Mathew Clayson Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1962 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 32 Location: Fremont, CA E-mail Address: clayson@zoid.eng.sun.com Marital Status: married Children: daughter 2.5 Occupation: IC layout design specialist On R.T.L. Since: A.T.L # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 300+ # of LEGO Pieces: 20,000+ First LEGO Set: Red and white basic bricks, current collection started with 6077. Favorite Theme(s): Pirate, trains Favorite Set(s): 6077 Forestmens River Fortress Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 1x1 with side stud/whit pirateshirt with vest. Current LEGO Project: complete 9v train setup with space shuttle loading facility. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Creating my own game, Wooden Ships & Plastic Men. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Miniatures wargameing, Star Wars, Electronics. + Mathew Clayson KA6EBS + "If you can't buy something nice... + + clayson@zoid.Eng.sun.com + don't buy nothin' at all." + + W(408)774-8723 H(510)651-5635 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Part Time LEGO maniac. Prime Contractor for MY LEGOland. I get paid in fun.+
From: Theresa Motyl <laygoman@ally.ios.com>
Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 00:19:26 -0700
Name: Michael Todd (laygoman)
Age: 31
M.S. married
Kids 2 cats one mama cat who grew up sleeping in my lego and her son
he is a moose 15LBS and only 1 year old loves to chew on lego
when i dont pay attention to him
Occupation: appliance repairman
# of sets: over 400 assembled and on shelves
directions to build another 400 all of them different
# of pieces: three ford ranger truck loads full to the roof
first set: givaway from the back of a velveta cheese box in the 1960s
oldest set: some of the original automatic binding bricks also a 1960s
canister unopened
favorite set: a 1913 cadilac from 1975 european only
favorite theme: TRAINS i hope to one day build a garden railway with my
lego toys when i can purchase a house
i didnt know there was anyone else as nuts as me
when i found out about the group i purchased a computer to talk to
everyone
now i cannot live without this machine
thank you everyone for showing me a computer is not evil
From: wjohan@unf.edu Date: 21 May 1996 18:11:00 GMT Organization: University of North Florida Name: Bill Johanning Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 Location: Orange Park, FL E-mail Address: wjohan@osprey.unf.edu Marital Status: Married Children: 2 girls - 5 & 18months Occupation: Field Engineer On R.T.L. Since: Nov. 95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100 - 120 # of LEGO Pieces: Way more than I even care to think about (at least 15,000) First LEGO Set: A promotional offer from Velveeta cheese in 1973 that had one or two cars & a small yellow biplane. Favorite Theme(s): Space ( I don't care what anybody says, I think Blacktron II is COOL!) , Castle ( Wolfpack RULES!) Favorite Set(s): Allied Avenger, Deep Freeze Defender, Wolfpack Tower, Armada Flagship Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): WOLFPACK! & ghosts, skeletons & the grandpa from Ice Planet (Oh yeah, the islander female - Whoo Hoo! Better than National Geographic (Well, almost!)) Current LEGO Project: A series of modules that will be compatible with the cockpit section from StarHawkII I'm currently working on a small fighter module with variable geometry wings (imagine a cross between an X-wing & the Allied Avenger). I eventually hope to build a battle mech module & a new cockpit module for the Star Hawk. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Er, uh, heh, heh, Surviving the wrath of my formerly NLSO (she has since seen the Light!) when she realized how much I spent on Lego when I came out of my lego dark age last November. (I couldn't help myself!! Some of those holiday sales & after Christmas clearances were to much to pass up!)
From: sterbenzr@aol.com (Sterbenzr) Date: 1 Jun 1996 20:19:46 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Name: Ron Sterbenz Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: He wont tell me Location: Sacramento, CA. USA E-mail Address:SterbenzR@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Research Assistant On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Unknown at current time, it expands daily. # of LEGO Pieces: I have no idea # of LEGOfests Attended: Zero - But def. willing First LEGO Set: I am still trying to figure it out 1970's First space sets Favorite Theme(s): Trains and Towns Favorite Set(s): Metro Liner w/ club car Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Lance Ito, The nutty professor (looks like my boss) Current LEGO Project: collect all trains, and european sets Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Can ya believe I have set a resume to Peter Eio, Pres of Lego USA Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Finance and Insurance, Underwater Construction, Labor Negotiation, Computer Games (Mainly Civilization II) and my dogs who play the part of Godzilla when needed. My Boss wishes I did as much research for him as I do at finding Legos. Ron Sterbenz SterbenzR@aol.com Legos - Town Lover
From: cgnoerlich@aol.com (CGnoerlich)
Date: 2 Jun 1996 22:33:08 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)
Name: Carsten Gnoerlich
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1967
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14
Location: Hamm, Germany
E-mail Address: CGnoerlich@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://members.aol.com/CGnoerlich/
Marital Status: single
Children: none
Occupation: member of scientific staff in our university's AI faculty
(sounds more exciting than it is, btw ;-)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: since beginning of RTL, but couldn't
post frequently until recently
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 60
# of LEGO Pieces: still way too few ...
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
First LEGO Set: dunno, got my first duplo when I was three or four.
First themed set was the 924 space ship.
Favorite Theme(s): Castle and Space.
Favorite Set(s): Space: 924, Castle: 6076(DDD),
6048 (Magistos house, its soo cute :-)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Classic red/white astronauts.
Everything with the classic
smiley-head.
Current LEGO Project: The BriCad instruction editor.
See my homepage for details.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none yet.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Linux hacking, video games, pro wrestling
(just watching :-), currently getting into
fantasy literature and artwork
:--: Carsten Gnoerlich (CGnoerlich@aol.com)
.+--+.
| o o | LEGO(R) homepage:
| .__. | http://members.aol.com/CGnoerlich/
`+--+'
/--+ +--\ ObAOL: Me too ;-)
From: areesriba@aol.com (AReesRIBA) Date: 3 Jun 1996 05:59:43 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Name: Andrew Rees Gender: M Year of Birth: 1957 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Not nearly as old as I am Location: Wiltshire, England E-mail Address: AReesRIBA@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Haven't got one Marital Status: M Children: 1 boy, 4 girls Occupation: Architect On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan 96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 40-50 # of LEGO Pieces: quite a few # of LEGOfests Attended: none First LEGO Set: 854 ( That's 948 to you Yanks! ) Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): 856 ( 951 in US ), 8850, 8865, 8868, 8880 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): None in particular Current LEGO Project: Suspended work/play during brief English summer Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Family, cricket, rugby union, wine, opera.
From: Sebastien Nadeau <snadeau@bibl.ulaval.ca> Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1996 10:22:40 -0400 Organization: Université Laval Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0) Name: Sebastien Nadeau Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: My gf now approximates it around 10 Location: Quebec City, Canada E-mail Address: Sebastien.Nadeau@bibl.ulaval.ca LEGO/home page URL(s): http://sna.bibl.ulaval.ca Marital Status: single Children: Occupation: Computer technician On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: March 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~30 # of LEGO Pieces: ~6000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: A factory or a wood mill (don't really remember) in the early 80's Favorite Theme(s): Castles, Space Favorite Set(s): I love them all Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The Dragon, 2x4 basic bricks Current LEGO Project: I'm trying to build a castle that competes with Ed Boxer's wonder. (; Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: The strongest (more solid) car ever made out of Lego. I won a contest against my brother and some of my friends. My car was so solid, that when one of my friend cheated by including the big black motor in his own car, even the motor didn't resist to the collision! That was phenomenal... But that was sure the last time we made such a fool experience... Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Chess, Computers, Star-Wars, Board games, Role-Playing games, Sci-Fi, My girlfriend, Beer... Sebastien Nadeau Computer Systems Technician _/ _/_/ Bibliotheque de l'Universite Laval _/ _/_/ Phone: (418) 656-2131 ext. 6381 _/ _/_/ E-Mail: sebastien.nadeau@bibl.ulaval.ca _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ http://sna.bibl.ulaval.ca/
From: "Ron Logan" <ronlogan@cochin.com> Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1996 08:49:46 -0700 Organization: Cochin Media Name: Ron Logan Gender: male Year of Birth: '67 Location: Bellevue, WA USA E-mail Address: ronlogan@cochin.com Home page URL(s): http://www.cochin.com/cochin/ron/ No specific LEGO page yet. Haven't yet taken pictures of my spread. Marital Status: married Children: not unless you count me (my wife does) Occupation: software engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: off-and-on for a couple years; constantly for last six months # of Sets in LEGO Collection: many # of LEGO Pieces: a lot, but nowhere near enough to build Ed Boxer's castle # of LEGOfests Attended: none First LEGO Set: Ugh. I think it was some kind of blue police station thingy with a small helicopter. Didn't even have mini-figs back then (early 70's)! Favorite Theme(s): town, trains, pirates, boats (and my wife likes the castle stuff) Favorite Set(s): can't decide; I like them all Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): minifigs with actual expressions instead of blank smiles Current LEGO Project: Extending train tracks around my lego town in preparation of my eventual purchase of the Wild West theme. I've built a steam engine and sometimes enjoy myself by colliding it with my freight train. (Do men ever really grow up?) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: No fame; just fun. My wife's co-workers probably think I'm looney, since we have my LEGO fix shipped to her office a couple times a month. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: WWW; rockets; chickens; and Balliver, the Globe-Trotting Rubber-Band Ball (http://www.cochin.com/cochin/ball/)
From: michael_ripley@ccm.jf.intel.com (Michael Ripley) Date: Sun, 02 Jun 96 06:09:46 GMT Organization: Intel Corporation Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0) Name: Mike Ripley Gender: Boy Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12-16, according to LEGO Location: Hillsboro, Oregon USA E-mail Address: michael_ripley@ccm.jf.intel.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None Marital Status: Married Children: 3 Occupation: Computer Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: January 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 15 Duplo, 15 Lego # of LEGO Pieces: 350 Duplo, 4750 Lego # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: Don't remember, had bricks, wheels, a few plates Favorite Theme(s): Train, Town, Team, Technic Favorite Set(s): Load N' Haul, Freight Loading Station, Gas N' Wash Express Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Translucent tiles, differential gearbox Current LEGO Project: Acquisition of train stuff! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Not a single Roth-related posting. Except for this one. Dang! Now I've ruined it. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, my family
From: john.wiest@24stex.com (John Wiest)
Date: 4 Jun 1996 18:05:54 GMT
Organization: Corps of Engineers, North Pacific Division
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)
Name: John Wiest
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1970
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12-14
Location: Sacramento, CA
E-mail Address: john.wiest@24stex.com (HM) jwiest@usace.mil (WK)
LEGO/home page URL(s): None as of yet
Marital Status: single
Children: none
Occupation: Civil Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: May 1996
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50-60
# of LEGO Pieces: Have No Idea, but know I want more
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
First LEGO Set: Old Lego Forklift don't know number from mid to late
'70's
Favorite Theme(s): Town/Launch Command/Race
Favorite Set(s): Shuttle Launch Pad (For Now)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Don't Really Have One
Current LEGO Project: Constructing My Lego Town
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none yet.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading Sci-Fi/Fantasy Books, Computer Games
John Wiest
john.wiest@24stex.com
"Do or do not. There is no Try" - Yoda
From: kasper@stack.urc.tue.nl (Kasper van Wouw) Date: 5 Jun 1996 14:19:03 +0200 Organization: MCGV Stack, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0) Name: Kasper van Wouw Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8 Location: The Netherlands E-mail Address: kasper@stack.urc.tue.nl LEGO/home page URL(s): not yet Marital Status: alone with my LEGO Children: 0 Occupation: Computer science student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1994 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: EST +- 200 # of LEGO Pieces: very rough est +- 10000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: One of the old 2-digit BASIC sets. I don't have the correct number with me. (Could be 32) Favorite Theme(s): Technic, classic space, model team Favorite Set(s): The original big classic space ship. (92?) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Space baseplate with craters. Current LEGO Project: Searching every toystore I can find for old lego sets. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: For the last three years I've been building all sets with pieces positioned is such a way that the little LEGO-logos are facing the front or the left side of the set. Don't ask me why I do this. I only do this when I build models from instruction manuals. I also got severy scratch-o-phobia. Dust on my sets is bad too. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computer graphics, fractals, AI, programming. Bonus field of my own: # of LEGO theme parks visited: 1 (Billund)
From: Steve Hartman <sehartma@sdcc14.ucsd.edu> Date: 6 Jun 1996 18:09:45 GMT Organization: UC San Diego Name: Steve Hartman Gender: M Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: a bitter old 88 Location: San Diego, CA E-mail Address: N/A at the present LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www-npsnet.cs.nps.navy.mil/barker/lego Marital Status: single Children: 0 Occupation: college student/Lab Tech On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Summer 1995, I think... # of Sets in LEGO Collection: A whole bunch... who cares, I don't count 'em. # of LEGO Pieces: A lot (Does anyone actually waste their time counting?) # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: This weird truck set I got in Germany when I was a kid Favorite Theme(s): Expert Builder/Technics, classic Space, Model Team Favorite Set(s): Expert Builder/Technics super cars (I forget the #s) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Basic, classic pieces. Current LEGO Project: LEGO Mobile Suit Gundam... almost done. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: THE LEGO PURISTS PAGE. (See URL above) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: molecular biology, sci-fi movies and books, mountain biking, eating at McDonald's and Taco Bell, lots of TV
From: scott@interlog.com (Scott) Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 00:27:20 GMT Organization: InterLog Internet Services Name: Scott Stein Gender: M Year of Birth: 1958 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 5 - 16 depending on set being used Location: Toronto, Ontario E-mail Address: scott@interlog.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.interlog.com/~scott/fun_chat.html#lego Marital Status: ? Children: Just me Occupation: Programmer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Early 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 5 full sets, 40 partial # of LEGO Pieces: 8 cubic feet # of LEGOfests Attended: none First LEGO Set: no idea, but I remember how excited I was Favorite Theme(s): Technic, and basic Favorite Set(s): ?? 8086 crane and front end loader (pneumatic) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Current LEGO Project: it's a secret Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none, yet Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: computers, croquet, skiing, reading, long list snipped here
From: asum@aol.com (Asum) Date: 10 Jun 1996 21:13:02 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Name: Andrew Summers Gender: M Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: i never grew up in the first place to lose it! Location: Miami beach Florida E-mail Address: asum@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://sobe.com/sobe/ontown/secret.html (not a LEGO page, but pitctures of the cocktails party i host! check it out and tell me what you think! Marital Status: not married....... Children: 3 cats Occupation: Public Relations, Conceptual Artist, Cocktail Party Host, Man About Town On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Early 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 57 # of LEGO Pieces: have not counted yet # of LEGOfests Attended: just my own....do they count? First LEGO Set: explorians alein fossilizer Favorite Theme(s): paradisa rocks!, explorians, town, ice planet, town... Favorite Set(s): sand dollar cafe, but looking for arcade Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): that crazy chef in the sand dollar cafe! Current LEGO Project: getting a big enough table so that my cats cant mess up my LEGOS and then starting on the mster plan!!! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: i was quoted in "Ocean Drive" (fashion Mag here in glamous South Beach!) magazine comparing LEGOS to clothing...and they misspelled LEGO!!!! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: cocktail & lounge music, conceptual art, zodiac, home gizmos, and many things, movies with crispian glover, watching as much tv as i can, the next space age...and much more --------------------------------------------------------- marx & nutrasweet & tolstoy & honda & jesus & 3do & plato --------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Summers 305.532.7912 1308.drexel.206 asum@aol.com miamibeach.fl.33139 (hyperrealist) ---------------------------------------------------------- tao & denny's & baudrillard & kmart & buddha & sony & bach ----------------------------------------------------------
From: plomp@together.net (Sander Plomp)
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 1996 03:43:26 GMT
Organization: Together Networks
Name: Sander Plomp
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1966
Mental age/status of inner child: Alternating between 13 and 46. This
allows me to go through puberty and mid life crisis at the
same time.
Location: Essex Junction, VT, USA
E-mail address: plomp@together.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.together.com/~plomp
Marital status: Married
Children: Cees (4yo), Tim (2yo) and Tara (now 1 month old, conceived
between diagrams 20 and 21 of the supercar...)
Occupation: Software developer, currently on H4 visum
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1995
# of sets in LEGO collection: about 3 dozen since rediscovering LEGO,
lots of others in childhood.
# of LEGO pieces: I sort the bloody things, but I'm not sad enough to
actually count them.
# of LEGOfests Attended: none. If there ever is one nearby I'll be
there.
First LEGO set: a little red car (a tow truck?). Very long ago...
Favorite theme(s): Technic. Though most of the other stuff looks
tempting....
Favorite set(s): 8082 Multi Model Control set
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): the micromotor
Current project: Make some construction site equipment that can
actually move dirt or plow snow, depending on season
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: obscurity is my destiny
Other (non-LEGO) interests: Computers in general, Space exploration,
Pratchett, midwifery, and strangely enough, breadmaking.
Sander Plomp plomp@together.net
From: schurich@ecn.purdue.edu (Jedi Master)
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 96 15:01:14 GMT
Organization: Purdue University
Name: Scott Schuricht (Jedi Master)
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental age/status of inner child: 12 or so
Location: West Lafayette, IN, USA
E-mail address: schurich@ecn.purdue.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://128.46.142.191/lego.htm - LEGO
http://128.46.142.191/home.htm - Home
Marital status: Married
Children: One on the way, due on November 5, 1996
Occupation: Mechanical Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1993
# of sets in LEGO collection: About 200
# of LEGO pieces: Not enough. I thought about counting them but hey, I
have a life.
# of LEGOfests Attended: none yet.
First LEGO set: Moon Landing, 565 ?
Favorite theme(s): Town, Train , Boat, Model Team
Favorite set(s): 5990 - Whirl 'n Wheel Supertruck, 4558 - Metroliner
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Don't have a preference.
Current project: Starting on a car carrying train flatbed. Inspiration
comes from the Indy Transport set. A train wagon that can hold 4 cars.
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: the "Faces of rtl" on my web page. A place where
you can see what people from the newsgroup look like. And I need more
pictures so send them in.
Other (non-LEGO) interests: Computers, Sci-Fi, reading, biking, bowling,
sports in general.
(O-)-------------------------------------------------------------------
Scott Schuricht schurich@ecn.purdue.edu
Thermal Sciences & Propulsion Center http://128.46.142.191/
School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University
LEGO:TO+++(6335) BO+++(4030) TR+++(4555) #++++ S- LS++ H!? M+
A++ LM+ YB68m
From: "Steve Gustafson" <gustafso_st@leg.wa.gov> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 10:17:45 -0700 Organization: Washington State Senate Name: Steve Gustafson Gender: Male Year of Birth: 5/1/62 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 13 Location: Lacey, WA E-mail Address: steveg416@hotmail.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None :( Although I will be sending pics in to pause.com Marital Status: Married Children: none Occupation: Systems Analyst (computers) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Dec, 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 12 # of LEGO Pieces: about 5,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: Lego bricks when I was 5 (Technics 8880 when I was 32) Favorite Theme(s): Technics, Model Team Favorite Set(s): 8880, 8460, 5591 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Big Tires ;) Current LEGO Project: sorting and redistributing into new bins -- ARGHH! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: MechForce robot soon to appear on pause.com Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Not in any order! -- AD&D, movies/TV, my wife - Denise, our cats - Zues, Spot, and Jessie, gardening, driving too fast, and Karaoke(my wife does this)
From: minxkely@flood.xnet.com (Minx Kelly) Date: 18 Jul 1996 19:21:32 GMT Organization: XNet - A Full Service Internet Provider - (708) 983-6064 Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0) Name: Minx Kelly, aka Colleen Spengler Gender: female Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: perpetually 22 Location: west burbs of chicago E-mail Address: minxkely@xnet.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none yet Marital Status: married/polyamourous Children: working on it Occupation: author/artist On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: not sure, a few years # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 375-400 maybe more # of LEGO Pieces: > 270 gallons judging by 16 gallon storage containers # of LEGOfests Attended: 1, the first First LEGO Set: basic sets as a child, 6060 as an adult Favorite Theme(s): castle, pirate Favorite Set(s): black sea barricuda Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): pirate wench Current LEGO Project: resorting my collection after moving in february Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: bring a pg rating to RTL, official pirate wench, hosting first legofest, doing lewd things with lego in the name of art and freedom Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: paganism, science fiction conventions, barbie, bunnies, book collecting, jigsaw puzzles * Posting this sig is part of my parole agreement * Minx Kelly, artist, author, poet, legomaniac * at minxkely@xnet.com and less frequently at minx@olimits.com * currently suffering from tabularasaphobia * and roaming where the phosphor winds blow me
From: Justme <justme.@ix.netcom.com> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 16:23:10 -0700 Organization: Netcom Name:Grayson DuRaine Gender:male Year of Birth:01-07-78 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:varies Location:stockton E-mail Address:justme.@ix.netcom.com LEGO/home page URL(s):http://www.netcom.com/~justme./lego.html Marital Status:Single Children:None Occupation:Student at CSUS On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:6-95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection:150-200 approx # of LEGO Pieces:never enough! :) # of LEGOfests Attended:0 First LEGO Set:duplo ? Favorite Theme(s):Technic, Aquazone, Space, Town, Favorite Set(s):8880 supercar (amazing amount of parts and a cool model) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):large 9v motor Current LEGO Project:nothing right now, busy with school, never enough time. :( Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: ??? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:Computers, Robotics, (Robot Wars), r/c stuff, reading, and it seems like school.
From: Margo Kubiak <mmlk@pubs.ih.att.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 06:56:31 -0500
Organization: bl077313a
Name: Margo Kubiak
Gender: Female
Year of Birth: 8/30/58
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: varies 8-13 depends on what I'm building.
Location: Rolling Meadows, IL
E-mail Address: mkubiak@lucent.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): None :(
Marital Status: Married
Children: none, just 3 dogs 2 german shepherds, 1 jack russel terrier
Occupation: Technical Writer w/ Electrical Engineering BS. Degree
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Beginning
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Stopped counting when it got over 400
# of LEGO Pieces: Don't want to think about it
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0, was on vacation when Minx had the last one
First LEGO Set: 6080 Kings Castle
Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Pirate
Favorite Set(s): #6075 yellow castle, #6080 Kings Castle, #6067 Tavern
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Forest Wench, Decorated wall pieces
Current LEGO Project: Trying to organize and pack it so my in-laws
can come and stay to watch the dogs while we go away for a few days.
My LEGO room is the spare bedroom. :^(
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Piece count listings for ALL castle
and pirate sets (except for #6289 which I don't have yet).
Helping Todd set up pirate and castle pages with scans of every set
and minifigure. Hopefully this will be ready soon.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Horses, Sci-Fiction Books, not
much time for much else.
--
Margo Kubiak mkubiak@lucent.com
From: wbradley@sedona.intel.com (William L. Bradley~)
Date: 19 Jul 1996 15:54:13 GMT
Organization: Intel Corporation
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)
Name: Bill Bradley
Gender: Male (do *you* know any women named Bill?)
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Stuck right at 12-13
Location: Chandler, AZ
E-mail Address: wbradley@sedona.intel.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): ...behind a firewall...
Marital Status: Married to Holly
Children: 1 (Michael, 16 months old, big Duplo fan)
Occupation: Computer Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Semi-lurker since a.t.l inception
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 20+ in AZ, 50+ in storage in KY
# of LEGO Pieces: 5,000 - 10,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
First LEGO Set: #410 Payloader (1973)
Favorite Theme(s): Technic Build
Favorite Set(s): 8880 Super Car (for complexity)
8868 Pneumatic Claw Rig (for playability)
8422 Circuit Shock Racer (for appearance)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The ones I don't have! :-(
Current LEGO Project: Saving up to afford the $pace $huttle...
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Traded 3 original castle sets (from 1983)
for lots of late-80s/early-90s Technic
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Trying to finish my Ph.D.
Advice to TLG-Denmark: Whatever you're paying the "Technic Build"
designers, it's not enough! These sets
are awesome!
--
Bill Bradley | Arizona Development Center
wbradley@sedona.intel.com | Intel Corporation, Chandler Site
"Are your files rm-compatible?" | I'm not an Intel spokesperson.
From: ltcgbarel@aol.com (LTC GBarel) Date: 20 Jul 1996 00:33:20 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Name: Alexis G Barber Gender: Female Year of Birth: 1/10/72 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: same Location: southern New England E-mail Address: LTC GBarel@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: banking On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: delurked July '96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: approx. 25 # of LEGO Pieces: i wouldn't venture to guess # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: big blocks Favorite Theme(s): Model Team Favorite Set(s): alternate model #5590 Whirl N' Wheel Super Truck Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): sloping pieces & tires of any size Current LEGO Project: Battle Barge (a space vessel of my own design) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: fantasy novels, sci-fi shows & films, japanimation
From: kjstefan@acs.ucalgary.ca (Kevin John Stefan)
Date: 22 Jul 1996 00:11:45 -0600
Organization: The University of Calgary
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)
Name: Kevin Stefan
Gender: Male.
Year of Birth: Very late 1976 (like, within 14 hrs. of 1977)
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: According to my set purchases,
somewhere in 7-12.
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
E-mail Address: kjstefan@acs.ucalgary.ca
LEGO/home page URL(s):
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~kjstefan/lego.html
Note: It's not much good yet... I'll get back to y'all when it
is...
Marital Status: Not.
Children: Not.
Occupation: Civil engineering student.
Preoccupation: Lego. (What else did you expect?)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Summer 1995.
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: A fair bit. Any volunteers to count?
# of LEGO Pieces: A metric buttload. (i.e. .98126732 an imperial
buttload)
# of LEGOfests Attended: None.
First LEGO Set: Since dark ages: 6957 Solar Snooper (half
price!)
Last LEGO Set going into Dark Ages: 6276 Eldorado Fortress (I think...)
Favorite Theme(s): Varies. Currently Space. No, wait. Aquazone.
No, wait. Wild West. No, wait... Town. No, wait... (I said it varied)
Favorite Set(s): Most Of 'Em. 6898 Ice Sat V, 6276, 6350, ...
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Any classic plain smiley, with hair.
Current LEGO Project: Finishing a big vehicle, finishing a big
moonbase, taking pictures of above, putting them on Web site,
reviewing more sets, improving Web site,...
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Um... Running the RTL Awards?
Writing the first Lego Purity Test?
Um...
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computer stuff, engineering stuff,
book stuff.
From: fz@ix.netcom.com(Spencer Berrett)
Date: 30 Jul 1996 07:55:32 GMT
Organization: Netcom
Name: Greg Berrett
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 6 to 16 (varies on how happy I am)
Location: Sandy, Utah
E-mail Address: fz@ix.netcom.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): none (yet)
Home Page: none (yet)
Marital Status: Single
Children: None
Occupation: Movie Buffs Slave/Student (English/Computer Science)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 6/96 (post win95)
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Roughly...50 or more
# of LEGO Pieces: Yeah...right...try 10000+
# of LEGOfests Attended: None ('nother reason why SLC sucks)
First LEGO Set: Exxon Gas Station (still have most of the pieces AND
instructions!)
Favorite Theme(s): Space/Town/Aquazone (and I'm buying TCs cause
they're just so damn weird!)
Favorite Set(s): The Futuron Monorail/Launch & Load Seaport
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron I Minifigs
Current LEGO Project: Debating whether or not to rebel against my
father and claim the basement again and rebuild
my entire town. Otherwise I'm in a
semi-mini-dark age.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I've had entire basements claimed for
Lego(s) at multiple times.
Dark Ages: From when I was 16 to 18, now I'm in a psuedo-dark age.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Doctor Who, Books, Writing, Reading, Music
From: ibanmmda@aol.com (Ibanmmda) Date: 30 Jul 1996 21:33:09 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Name: Mike Dombrowski Gender: M Year of Birth: 84 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Grosse Pointe Farms MI E-mail Address:Ibanmmda@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s):I forget Marital Status: Child Children: none Occupation: Full Time Kid On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1/96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~150 # of LEGO Pieces: funny # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 :-( First LEGO Set: Some Duplo thing Favorite Theme(s): Town, Space, Castle, TC, Wild West Favorite Set(s): All of em Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): BT1, Majiesto, Dragons all of em Current LEGO Project: Setting up my space stationn Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: 1st place in a local building contest. $20 prize. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Networking, Books, Rock Climbing, High powered Navy SEAL weapons, Boating, Pets
From: "Jason Cahill" <jcahill@ics.uci.edu> Date: 31 Jul 1996 06:17:46 GMT Organization: University of California, Irvine Name: Jason Cahill Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: AGES 5-12 AND NOT MOVING! ;-) Location: Lake Forest, California E-mail Address: jcahill@ics.uci.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): NOT READY YET Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Graduate Student and UC Irvine On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 6 / 96 (COOL GROUP) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: > 200 # of LEGO Pieces: 4 55-gallon drums worth! # of LEGOfests Attended: zilch :-( First LEGO Set: Cargo Center (in 1985) Favorite Themes: Pirate, Castle, Aquanauts, Wild West Favorite Set: Eldorado Fortress Favorite Minifigure: Captain Red-Beard Current LEGO Project: Building THE DEFINITIVE, unofficial LEGO web page Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: A 25-foot x 4-foot metropolis with high rises, trains, boats, a full harbor, and hostile terrorists (way back in 1990)! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computer Graphics, Digital Video Editing, Neurological Computer Vision (my graduate research area), Home Theater, and LaserDiscs! Desperately seeking set: 6277 - Imperial Trading Post. Willing to trade plans (scanned or photocopied) if I cannot buy it.
From: Pooh-bear <sunflowr@cris.com> Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 02:26:53 -0700 Organization: 100 Acre Wood Name: Caleb Cook Gender: Male Year of Birth: 11/21/73 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: dont't feel old enogh to have one Location: Portland, Oregon E-mail Address: sunflowr@concentric.net LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: Married Children: none Occupation: Dockworker On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: mid-July # of Sets in LEGO Collection: too many to count # of LEGO Pieces: don't want to know (because then I would have to figure out how much money I've put into it) # of LEGOfests Attended: what is a legofest? First LEGO Set: when I was two Favorite Theme(s): Old space up until the Futron guys, original Blacktron, Fabuland, Spyruis (sp?), Exploriens, Technic. Favorite Set(s): Multi-Core Magnatizer 6989, Stellar Reacon Voyager 6956, Deep Freeze Defender 6973, Shuttle Transcon 2 6544, Crystal Explorer Sub 6175, Saucer Centurian 6939, Robot Command Center 6951, Monorail Transport Base 6991 and a bunch more I don't even have. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): don't make me list those too... Current LEGO Project: The biggest lego spaceship I can make. Currently over three feet long! Complete with access panels, multiple computer bunkers/command centers, monstrous thrusters, crystal chamber (for power), sleeping and med faculities and on and on... Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: made a puzzle box for my girlfriend to crack to get her engagement ring. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: writing, making stuff (non lego), checking out the internet, reading, going to shows, hang out with my wife, etc.
From: jourbans@indiana.edu Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 07:14:28 GMT Organization: Zippo Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0) Name: Joe Urbanski Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1977 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 6 Location: Bloomington, Indiana E-mail Address:jourbans@indiana.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): Home Page: http://ezinfo.ucs.indiana.edu/~jourbans/ Marital Status: Single Children: 0 Occupation: Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 05/96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 25 # of LEGO Pieces: ??? # of LEGOfests Attended:0 First LEGO Set: #6931 Favorite Theme(s): Blacktron II, Pirates Favorite Set(s): 6988 Alpha Centauri Outpost Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron I Minifigs Current LEGO Project: Collecting as much BTII as possible Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Have every BTII released (Okay, I admit, not too impressive) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Music, Computers, Philosophy
From: asrun@iastate.edu () Date: 27 Jul 1996 14:34:06 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa USA Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0) Name: Asrun Yr Kristmundsdottir Gender: F Year of Birth: 22 august 1964 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8-12 Location: Ames, Iowa E-mail Address: asrun @iastate.edu Marital Status: married, NLS Children: 7 year old son, Ulfur, full fledged LEGO maniac Occupation: Research associate in genetics and endocrinology, currently working with/on jays and penguins On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Found the group last spring to my great delight, lurked for a while,decloaked for a short time before leaving the country for 6 months, have been following again since early summer # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 140 # of LEGO Pieces: one day I will sit down and figure it out # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: a small town house with car (very early 70s); after coming out of Lego Dark ages: Lagoon Lockup Favorite Theme(s): diverse: Castle the absolute favourite, followed by Pirates & Aquazone, also a bit into town/trains Favorite Set(s): at the moment: Black Knights Castle, Imperial Trading Post, Neptune Discovery Lab Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Currently: Pirate wench, forestmen, dragons, Current LEGO Project: acquiring old castle sets, planning a LEGO room in the place we just moved to. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: First person to bring LEGO sets down to a remote Antarctic research base, resulting in an evening of LEGO discussions/reminiscing on the station. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading (nature, sci-fi, fantasy, childrens books), Star Trek(TOS, NG, DS9), hiking/camping trips, salmon fishing in a remote Icelandic river (unfortunately only happens every few years) Asrun Yr Kristmundsdottir Iowa State University Department of Zoology and Genetics Science II, room 339 Ames, IA 50011 Phone: (515) 294-7319 Fax: (515) 294-8457 asrun@iastate.edu
From: Matthew Bates <mbates@brooktree.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 13:10:28 -0500
Organization: Brooktree Corporation
Name: Matthew Bates
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1963
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 (and no desire to be a teenager
again)
Location: Austin, Texas
E-mail Address: mbates@brooktree.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/train_depot
Marital Status: Married
Children: One son, Jack
Occupation: Electronic Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 6/96
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: >70
# of LEGO Pieces: >10,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: Zero
First LEGO Set: Pre-LEGO-dark-ages: No idea, probably a basic set
Post-LEGO-dark-ages: 735 Advanced Builder Set with Electric System
Favorite Themes: 9V Trains, Town, Technic
Favorite Set: 4563 Euro Freight Line (Load N' Haul Railroad)
Favorite Minifigure: Joe Cool
Current LEGO Project:
Greatest Claim to Fame: First Website dedicated exclusively to LEGO
Trains (at least I think it is)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Corrados, Watercolours, Woodwork
From: "Ben Vaughan" <buster@verinet.com> Date: 26 Sep 1996 06:09:17 GMT Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0) Name: Ben Vaughan Gender: male Year of Birth: 1970 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 15 Location: Fort Collins, Co. E-mail Address: buster@verinet.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.verinet.com/~gben/lego.html Marital Status: married Children: none, but eventually they'll have to get their own LEGO Occupation: ISP Tech Support On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: April of 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 105 that I've got boxes for. # of LEGO Pieces: 12,072 boxed. (Half that again unboxed) # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: #455 Space Shuttle Favorite Theme(s): Early Space Favorite Set(s): Galaxy Explorer, anything pre sub-theme Current LEGO Project: To construct an aerodynamically accurate aircraft with full flaps, rudder, and retracting landing gear that will stomp Spyrius and Blacktron into dust. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Protector of the Explorians. (at least at my house) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Science Fiction, Japanese Anime and Toys, and being Married. Ben Vaughan buster@verinet.com http://www.verinet.com/~gben/lego.html
From: "Stephen W. Gabriel" <ichmael@concentric.net> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 22:46:53 -0600 Organization: Concentric Internet Services Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0) Name: Stephen W. Gabriel Gender: male Year of Birth: '62 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 Location: Milwaukee, WI E-mail Address: stephen@gabriel.cncfamily.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.gabriel.cncfamily.com/legos.html Marital Status: married Children: one girl, age 18 mo's. Occupation: Manager of Operations On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 12/95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+, probably more # of LEGO Pieces: No time to count them all. # of LEGOfests Attended: What? Where? When? First LEGO Set: hmmm! Large preschool bricks in about '66 Favorite Theme(s):pirates(check out my page) Favorite Set(s): Skulls Eye Schooner Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Female Pirate Current LEGO Project: Captain Nemo's Nautilus Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Pirate Wars, the Nautilus Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: In-line skating, kites, computers, my daughter
From: ginnni@pubs25b.ih.att.com (77165g-Meisinger)
Date: 7 Nov 1996 15:26:56 GMT
Organization: AT&T
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)
Name: Virginia Meisinger
Gender: F
Year of Birth: I'm old enough to know better
and young enough not to care.
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8-10
Location: Illinois, USA
E-mail Address: ginnni@pubs.lucent.com
Marital Status: M
Children: 0
Occupation: undecided
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: October 96
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 19
# of LEGO Pieces: enough for me
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
First LEGO Set: Royal Knight Castle
Favorite Theme(s): Castles
Favorite Set(s): none
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): suspension bridge
Current LEGO Project: acquisition
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: huhm...thinking...
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:
handcrafts (beading, stained glass, leather, crochet, macrame,
tatting, embroidery, silk flowers)
woodworking
science fiction
classical music
classic rock-n-roll
sewing (wedding gown specialty)
computers
Hallmark ornaments
publishing (comic books, graphic novels, newsletters)
house renovation
"Creepy Hollow" Halloween village
building my own Christmas village
antiques
decorating for holidays
traveling
Visiting my husband (he works in West Africa)
From: kdavis@mich.com (Kelly Davis) Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 22:10:12 GMT Organization: mich.com, Inc. Farmington, MI Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0) Name: Kelly Davis Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: About 12 Location: Royal Oak, Michigan. USA E-mail Address: kdavis@mich.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: engaged Children: 0 Occupation: database manager On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: early 96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 20 # of LEGO Pieces: 20 sets worth # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: 70's space ship with vehicle inside Favorite Theme(s): town and pirate Favorite Set(s): Skulls Eye Schooner Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Pirate 'mateys', worker from town that looks like workers from Mentos commercial. Original smileys. Current LEGO Project: making a bigger airport for all my town planes and jets. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Ran a game of lego pirate wars at a gaming convention and gave everyone there Lego childhood flashbacks! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Warhammer 40K, Quake, good food and beer, anime, collection 70's toys (shogun warriors!) and music.
From: Dale Skinner <skinner@math.washington.edu> Date: Wed, 04 Dec 1996 15:14:23 -0800 Organization: University of Washington Name: Dale Skinner Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1970 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 going on 11 Location: Seattle, WA E-mail Address: skinner@math.washington.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.math.washington.edu/~skinner Marital Status: Single Children: God No! Occupation: Math Grad Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: since it was alt.toys.lego # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 200 # of LEGO Pieces: not enough # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: 105 (from 1975) Favorite Theme(s): Space,Wild West,Aquazone.Pirate Favorite Set(s): Fort LEGOREDO, Deep Freeze Defender Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Skeleton and Blacktron I mini-fig. (tie) Current LEGO Project: tyring to find something to occupy the time until the '97 sets hit the stores. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: ??? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: mathematics, computers, star wars, star trek, babylon 5.
From: jeffreyj@tek.com (Jeff A Johnson) Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 21:48:40 LOCAL Organization: Tektronix, Inc. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0) Name: Jeff Johnson and son Gender: yes Year of Birth: 1950 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Location: Portland Oregon E-mail Address: LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: married for the 1st time last year Children: son, 4 and a half, and a girl 1 and a half Occupation: Lead person in a ecb plant for Tektronix in Beaverton Or On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: # of Sets in LEGO Collection: look! i'm sorry i don't count 'em up. Quit ragging on me. # of LEGO Pieces: buckets and buckets, boxes and boxes, it's a disease. # of LEGOfests Attended:None, Portland area folks should get together First LEGO Set: Favorite Theme(s): Favorite Set(s): Castle Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Porch/lamp posts of coarse and decorated wall pieces. Rope bridges. Current LEGO Project: Painted plywood base in blue and green to put castle and pirate stuff on. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: None, I used to have a life, then I got married. Now it's just Lego. Oh, I have a collection of nice old oils in gilt frames, just can't buy those anymore, so I make do with Lego.
From: Andrew Maizels <treacle@onaustralia.com.au>
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1996 20:41:38 +1100
Organization: Bell, Tab and Backspace
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)
Name: Andrew Maizels (a.k.a Treacle th' Cat)
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 4
Location: Sydney, Australia
E-mail Address: treacle@onaustralia.com.au
LEGO/home page URL(s): Not yet.
Marital Status: Single
Children: Nope.
Occupation: Computer things
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Just recently
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Haven't counted recently. 120? 150? There's
about thirty sets in the spare room that I haven't even *opened* yet.
# of LEGO Pieces: Shudder to think.
# of LEGOfests Attended: None. :-(
First LEGO Set: Errrm... thats a question about the past, isn't it?
Favorite Theme(s): Trains
Favorite Set(s): The "retro" railway station - beautiful detailing!
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Princess from the early castle sets.
Current LEGO Project: Working town with trains and monorails and moving
water and lights and lifts and....
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: $1300 in one day (oops!)
(Call it an even K in US play-money.)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Anime (Japanese animation), Science Fiction,
Dungeons and Dragons, Languages (computer and
people types), Sleep (rarely)
From: Mike Kennedy <nologo@iadfw.net> Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1996 07:55:47 -0800 Organization: INTERNET AMERICA Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0) Name: Mike Kennedy Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1957 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8...16...32...64 Location: Dallas, TX E-mail Address: nologo@iadfw.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://web2.airmail.net/nologo/toys/lego/index.htm Marital Status: single Children: none...except myself Occupation: training director On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 80+ # of LEGO Pieces: 12,000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 but interested First LEGO Set: Moon Walker #6516 (the second time around) Favorite Theme(s): Fast becoming Wild West Favorite Set(s): Fort LEGOREDO #6769 Favorite Piece(s): 2x4x1: The classic Favorite Minifigure(s): Cavalry General Current LEGO Project: Developing my Nologo LEGO Website Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: "Name That Brick" and "Brick of the Month" features on website. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Website Development, Video Production, Other Toys, Star Trek, Sci Fi Television and Movies, Cooking, Art -- Mike Kennedy nologo@iadfw.net http://web2.airmail.net/nologo/toys/lego/index.htm
Date: 5 Dec 1996 19:50:52 GMT Name: Greg Williams Gender: M Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Atlanta, GA E-mail Address: gregw@mindspring.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.mindspring.com/~gregw/lego.html Marital Status: Married Children: 1 daughter, born 5/21/95 Occupation: Software Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Sometime in early 1996 or late 1995, I think # of Sets in LEGO Collection: I should count the number of instructions I have sometime to see. Definitely not as many as I'd like. :-) # of LEGO Pieces: I'd guess around 10k # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 - Atlanta people want to get together? First LEGO Set: It was a forklift with a generation 1 red minifig (the kind with no moving parts and a blank face) Favorite Theme(s): Aquazone, original space, pirate, castle Favorite Set(s): Multi-Core Magnetizer, Yellow Castle, Skull's Eye Schooner Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron I minifigs, wolfpack minifigs Current LEGO Project: Just finished a replica of the Aliens APC, starting work on the dropship. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Talked to a Lego rep. once... Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers (programming, games, just about anything dealing with them), reading (sf, fantasy, Clancy-like stuff), movies (just about any kind)
From: hartow@weiss.che.utexas.edu (Wongso Hartono)
Date: 7 Dec 1996 02:50:57 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
Name: Wongso Hartono (Lego Maniac)
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1975
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8-12
Location: Austin,Texas
E-mail Address: hartow@weiss.che.utexas.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://weiss.che.utexas.edu/~hartow/
index.html
Marital Status: Single
Children: None
Occupation: Student, Chemical Engineering.
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: December '95
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 200
# of LEGO Pieces: Never count
# of LEGOfests Attended: None, but will be
First LEGO Set: Space set (forget the name).
Favorite Theme(s): Town, Wild West, Castle, Pirate
Favorite Set(s): Black Seas Barracuda (#6285)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Like them all :)
Current LEGO Project: Try to rebuilt all my Lego Pirate sets.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Don't know yet.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Music, movie, eating, sports, etc.
From: cxt217@psu.edu (Cheng Tseng) Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 00:44:42 GMT Organization: Dogbert's New Ruling Class Name: Cheng Tseng Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1978 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: You don't want to know Location: University Park, PA E-mail Address: cxt217@psu.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 9/1/96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Never counted # of LEGO Pieces: Afraid to count # of LEGOfests Attended: None First LEGO Set: Don't remember Favorite Theme(s): Town Favorite Set(s): Still Undecided Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Can decide Current LEGO Project: Mech Battalion Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: What, it has to be notable? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, board games, history, military trivia and Tom Clancy
From: cegorach@ns1.ntrnet.net (The Cegorach) Date: Sat, 07 Dec 1996 15:26:50 GMT Organization: Para-anametamystikhood of Eris Esoteric Name: Larry Theden Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Forever Young.... :) Location: Cary, NC E-mail Address: cegorach@ns1.ntrnet.net LEGO/home page URL(s): none yet Marital Status: Happily married Children: 2 Occupation: Restaurant manager On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: August 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: roughly 100 # of LEGO Pieces: Too darn many to count! # of LEGOfests Attended: None yet. First LEGO Set: First time around--Knight's Tournament, I think it was called; 2nd time around: 6546, Slick Racer 4 Favorite Theme(s): Space, Town Favorite Set(s): 6546, 6389 (Fire Control Center), anything Blacktron (I or II) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron I minifigs, both the red and white-jumpsuited Octan racers Current LEGO Project: Lots of space stuff, including a Space Cathedral; also trying to arrange all the sets in my new Lego room. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Knights Templar, computers, Aleister Crowley/occultism, Pink Floyd ============================================= Larry Theden cegorach@ns1.ntrnet.net LEGO: MOC,SP[ex++++c(6938) bt1++++]+++, TO[ra++++(6546)],FS,PA+++ TR>+++ CA,AQ,PI,WW,DU+ #++ S++ LS+ Hal M+ A+++ LM- YB71m This message does not constitute consent to receive bulk e-mail.
From: Commercial.Emailers@Die.like.pigs (Rickenbacker) Date: 8 Dec 1996 22:47:25 GMT Organization: Generic Organization Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0) Name: Mats "Rickenbacker" Nylund Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 15 Location: Askersund, Sweden E-mail Address: opus@mbox300.swipnet.se LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: Single Children: Just me :). Occupation: Mushroom delivery guy. On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Today. # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Space=about 30 # of LEGO Pieces: dunno # of LEGOfests Attended: None First LEGO Set: The old taxi-station from 1970-something, with solid minifigs. Favorite Theme(s): Space. Favorite Set(s): 497 Galaxy Explorer, 918 Space Transport Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Red Classic Space dude Current LEGO Project: None at the moment. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Won a Lego contest in Stockholm once :). Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Photography, Birdwatching. -- <Person in mirror is more close-minded than he/she appears> Mats Erik Axel Anders Nylund Rickenbacker (-ri- ~RK^) Email: opus@mbox300.swipnet.se* Homepage: http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-11503/index.htm
From: Illumnus Froon <illumnus@atlcom.net> Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 23:45:15 -0500 Organization: Inter-Galactic Growth Leadership Enterprises Name: K. Taylor AKA Illumnus Froon Gender: M Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: varies wildly Location: Atlanta area, Georgia E-mail Address: illumnus@atlcom.net LEGO/home page URL(s): not a LEGO page, but: http://www.atlcom.net/~illumnus/ Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Computer Person, various contracting positions On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Just now, but also was on last year, under MarKran798@aol.com... if anyone recalls. # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+ # of LEGO Pieces: 25000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: "Space Shuttle," little two-steering-wheeled grey Classic Space set... number unknown. Favorite Theme(s): Space, Castle, Pirate Favorite Set(s): Galaxy Explorer Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Love Blacktron I minifigs, they are the mysterious "men in black" in my little world. Current LEGO Project: Trying to finish out 1996 model year buying before huge 1997 model year hits me in face. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Keeping all pieces and instructions, even during my "Dark Ages". Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Metaphysics, Duke Nukem level building, Discordianism, science fiction, RPG's, writing.
From: rtelgars@NMSU.EDU (Rastislav J. Telgarsky) Date: 8 Dec 1996 06:32:46 GMT Organization: Mathematical Sciences Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0) Name: Matus Telgarsky Gender: MAle Year of Birth: 1981 (dec.) Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Most people say I act 16. Location: Las Cruces, NM, USA E-mail Address:rtelgars@math.nmsu.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): None (there will be...) Marital Status: None Children: None Occupation: School, City Orchestra On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: August 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Circa 320 # of LEGO Pieces: About 35,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: Galaxy Commander (#6980) Favorite Theme(s): Space Favorite Set(s): Blacktron1 MEssage Intercept Base (#6987 I think) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): red, black, and blue Futuron minifigs, BT1 Minifigs Current LEGO Project: A large space colony to be raided by my BT1 Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: A four-legged Troup carrier with 2 joints plus 100 degree rotation in each leg, Some lego mechs. My 8-winged star fighter thingy (I gotta get a picture up somewhere) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Violin, Linux and x-windows
From: fmdesignpe@aol.com (FMDesignPE) Date: 1 Jan 1997 19:43:57 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Paul Evans Gender: male Year of Birth: 1963 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 64 Location: Chicago E-mail Address: FMDesignPE@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: happily Children: not yet Occupation: product designer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: sometime in 1994 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 30-40 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: no idea # of LEGOfests Attended: 1 (at Minx's house, 1995?) # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: ancient Basic set, 60's Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): 8660(?) Arctic Rescue Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): the differential gear Set/theme you would like to see: walkers Current LEGO Project: steerable walker, automatic transmission Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: the 'surfex' files showing instructions for building a small, steerable Technic vehicle using one motor. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: furniture design, concertina, fiction Paul Evans in Chicago "Wisdom is an abomination to them that feareth FMDesignPE@aol.com favor of the fool shall fall himself." - Dog-Matic
From: Jason Petrasich <brenton@pacbell.net> Date: Wed, 01 Jan 1997 21:49:37 -0800 Organization: A customer of Pacific Bell Internet Services Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Jason Petrasich Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: Irvine, CA E-mail Address: brenton@pacbell.net LEGO/home page URL(s): not yet :) Marital Status: Separated Children: 1, Brenton--age 2 1/2 Occupation: Physician Billing Analyst On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 11/96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: +/- 175 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 12 # of LEGO Pieces: don't know, but always stepping on them # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 644 Tipper Truck (still have set and instructions) Favorite Theme(s): Town, Town, Western, Town Favorite Set(s): 6390 Main Street (with the used car dealer!) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Used Car Salesman Set/theme you would like to see: REAL Town sets Current LEGO Project: collecting after an adolescent absence Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I Love Town Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Huh?
From: wknauer330@aol.com Date: 2 Jan 1997 06:26:33 GMT Organization: AOL Bertelsmann Online GmbH & Co. KG http://www.germany.aol.com Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Walter Knauer Gender: male Year of Birth: 1957 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 12 Location: Kamen, Germany E-mail Address: WKnauer330@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: married Children: 2 Occupation: teacher On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 3/1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 50 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: opened the last one yesterday # of LEGO Pieces: a great bunch of it! # of LEGOfests Attended: zero # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: zero First LEGO Set: 1960s basic sets Favorite Theme(s): Technics, Pirates Favorite Set(s): Technic Space Shuttle Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): anything concerned with pneumatics Set/theme you would like to see: ??? Current LEGO Project: a giant wheel like on the fairgrounds; it works! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: --- Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: music, computer Greetings, Walter
From: Amos & Julie Avery <weekler@gte.net> Date: Wed, 01 Jan 1997 22:28:30 -0800 Organization: GTE Intelligent Network Services, GTE INS Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Amos E. Avery Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 7-12 Location: Glendora, California, USA E-mail Address: weekler@gte.net LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: happily married Children: 3 wonderful goyls Occupation: Mechanical Engineer (Imagineer) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 112 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 16 # of LEGO Pieces: 8000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 (tell me where and I'll go) # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 (Carlsbad is 70 miles from me, hmm) First LEGO Set: My uncle had a huge box of basic 1970's Lego that was mine whenever I went to grandma's house Favorite Theme(s): Pirates Favorite Set(s): Skulls Eye Schooner Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): monkey Set/theme you would like to see: Steam Locomotive for Wild West theme Current LEGO Project: Animated bird wings (for work) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Convincing my boss to buy Technic sets for the department Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My girls and inventing things Lego(R) all day makes work seem like play!
From: lewval3@atl.mindspring.com (G. Lewis Valentine III)
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 15:04:03 GMT
Organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc.
Name: Lewis Valentine
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
E-mail Address: lewval3@gtalumni.org
LEGO URL: http://www.mindspring.com/~lewval3/pages/lvlgo.htm
Home page URL(s): http://www.mindspring.com/~lewval3/
Marital Status: Single
Children: Non
Occupation: Software Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1994
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Unknown
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 (I usually can't wait to open
them)
# of LEGO Pieces: a lot
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: Basic set in 1975, it had 527 pieces
Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Train
Favorite Set(s): technic
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 1x's
Set/theme you would like to see: Lego Steam Locomotive for Wild West
Lego Sky Scraper. (I know it would be expensive but sell them in
peices, First set the first floor and roof w/ elevator, other sets in
between floors)
Current LEGO Project: Trailer for my areo truck
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: -
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, girlfreind (for my own
safety), Church and related functions.
--
Lewis Valentine "Give me a Bible and a candle and shut me
lewval3@gtalumni.org up in a dungeon and I will tell you what
the world is doing." - Cecil Dichard
http://www.atl.mindspring.com/~lewval3/index.htm
LEGO: FS,SP,CA,PI+ TO,BO++ TR,TC+++ MOC++++ #++ S- CS--/+ Hsv A@ YB71M
From: Finn Jorrald <joerrald@post3.tele.dk> Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 18:56:54 +0100 Name: Finn Joerrald Gender: M Year of Birth: 1953 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: According to my wife around 10 - but then I have long arms Location: Denmark E-mail Address: joerrald@post3.tele.dk LEGO/home page URL(s): none - I haven't got the slightest idea how to make one Marital Status: Same wife for 23 years and she is still around Children: One - she is now 17 Occupation: Planning Manager On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: October 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none # of LEGO Pieces: ? # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 3. Billund, Windsor and the old one in Northern Germany First LEGO Set: It was a garage with one or two VW bus in diecast metal - the year was probably 1963 Favorite Theme(s): Fabuland Favorite Set(s): 8299 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): At the moment it is the CD-ROM Set/theme you would like to see: RC airplane in TECHNIC Current LEGO Project: None Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: not really any Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Mountain Biking -
From: bloss@enter.net (Karl F. Bloss) Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 17:59:57 GMT Organization: ENTER.NET Name: Karl Bloss Gender: M Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 30 when working, 12 when playing with Lego Trains Location: Trexlertown, PA, USA (near Allentown) E-mail Address: bloss@enter.net Marital Status: Married (happily so) Children: 1, but stillborn Occupation: Chemical engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~20, but few are still complete # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 (but it's only 9V track) # of LEGO Pieces: no idea, but it's a crate full # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (Denmark) First LEGO Set: 4.5V train set with tender Favorite Theme(s): Trains Favorite Set(s): Freight & Crane RR Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Captain Redbeard...cause he ooks like me, but I don't have him. Set/theme you would like to see: More trains for '97 Current LEGO Project: Combining my 12V trains with the new 9V my wife got me for Christmas on a platform in the basement Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: HO Trains, sailing, skiing, shooting (see http://www.enter.net/~bloss) +=================================+ | Karl and Kristina Bloss | | bloss@enter.net | | http://www.enter.net/~bloss | | <PGP encrypted mail preferred> | +=================================+
From: grits@ucla.edu (Elizabeth Adams)
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 10:47:54 -0700
Organization: UCLA
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Elizabeth Adams
Gender: F
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8
Location: Los Angeles
E-mail Address: grits@ucla.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): shamefully my URLs devoted to other topics
Marital Status: somewhat :)
Children: 0
Occupation: PhD candidate/ESL teacher/Teaching Assistant
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1996
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 30
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: ? and I'm not going to go count
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 but awaiting Carlsbad
First LEGO Set: King Kahuka
Favorite Theme(s): Islanders, Pirate, Train, Town
Favorite Set(s): 4559 Cargo Railway
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): "The Shovel Queen" aka the babe from the
River Raft Set
Set/theme you would like to see: Old fashioned (1920s or older) train
Current LEGO Project: The Islander Railway
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Work near the best Lego Pic n' Sav ever
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: English Soccer, Storytelling, Animation, Las
Vegas, Dogs
From: cfjbb@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (John Best) Organization: Eastern Illinois University Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 19:20:41 GMT Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: John Best Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1950 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: I never know how to respond to this... Location: Tuscola, IL E-mail Address: cfjbb@eiu.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): don't have one Marital Status: married Children: 2, Frank, almost 20--never particulary into Lego, and Matthew, lmost 8--Lego is among his favorite toys Occupation: college professor On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: I think I started reading r.t.l in January 1993 Could that be right?. Whenever it was, there were still a lot of "so this is rtl" type posts # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 112 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Just one (and that's only until Matt's birthday in two days # of LEGO Pieces: 12,382 (more or less--that's the number I get from my data base) # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: I never had Lego as a child. We had a basic set for Frank (this would have been around 81 or so--it had 3 "maxi-figures". Matt's actual first Lego set was a B2 set called Grid Trekkor--which we acquired courtesy of his grandmother in December 92 FavoriteTheme(s): I like Castle and Space. Matthew likes Town, Wild West, Divers Favorite Set(s): I like the set we have most recently built--whatever it may be. I don't really have a permanent favorite. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I don't know if I have favorite pieces exactly, although slopes and reverse slopes are fun to build with. Of the minifigs--gee, I really like the exploriens guys; I like Wolfpack, and oh, here's one: I think B2 guys are really cool. I don't know about Matt's minifig preferences Set/theme you would like to see: For me, I'm just having fun seeing where they take the current themes. Matthew would love to see Star Wars themes, and more specific military themes Current LEGO Project: I built a "flying saucer" and Matt and I are re-enacting scenes from the movie Independence Day. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Well, I can't make any claims. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: I like reading about military history, and playing historically-oriented board wargames. Matt has a lot of non-Lego interests; most of them are typical for an 8 year old.
From: steven warren pearce <spearce@students.uiuc.edu> Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 17:23:09 -0600 Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Name: William J Michael Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 Location: Oglesby, IL E-mail Address: wmichael@uiuc.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): nope Marital Status: nope Children: nope Occupation: student (ain't it great) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 9/96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 122 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 (the way it oughta be) # of LEGO Pieces: 14,715 #of Mini-figs: 285 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: It was a police motorcycle with two people, the ones with the big heads, it was like LEGO model #192 but I remember a sidecar and only two Policeman. Favorite Theme(s):None Really Favorite Set(s): Starfleet Voyager Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Captain Redbeard Set/theme you would like to see: Some Farm Stuff Current LEGO Project: None Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I cleaned and counted nearly my entire collection in 1995 while recovering from serious Illness, I can tell with almost absolute certainty that "Legos saved my life..." Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Star Wars, Star Trek, Women (in that order)
From: mbid@ix.netcom.com(Melinda Biddle)
Date: 3 Jan 1997 00:23:24 GMT
Organization: Netcom
Name: Melinda Biddle
Gender: Wench
Year of Birth: 1958
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: I hated adolescence, but I never
left it.
Location: Haverford, PA (outside Phila.)
E-mail Address: mbid@ix.netcom.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): none
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3 - girl 13, boy 11, boy 7
Occupation: Counselor
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: October 1995
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Afraid to count, maybe 200
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 35
# of LEGO Pieces: Your guess?
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: Knight's Challenge
Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Pirates, Wild West
Favorite Set(s): Eldorado Fortress
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I love the new witch!
Set/theme you would like to see: Wild West Saloon w/ barmaids,
Gold-mine
Current LEGO Project: Setting up our WW "environment"
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Still working on it...
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Skiing, mtn biking, collecting glass
beads, reading, roaming antique flea markets
From: "Michael R. Bastian" <michaelb@cs.byu.edu> Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 12:23:22 -0700 Organization: Image Understanding Laboratory - Brigham Young University Name: Michael R. Bastian Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Orem, Utah E-mail Address: michaelb@cs.byu.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): http://iul.cs.byu.edu/bastian/mike.html Marital Status: Married Children: One due late March/early April Occupation: Graduate Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Unknown # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Zero # of LEGO Pieces: Unknown # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First LEGO Set: Don't know number, but it was a front-end loader. Really small. Favorite Theme(s): Aquazone, Divers, Wild West, Classic Space Favorite Set(s): Shark Cage Cove Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Thresher (the Aquashark with the glowing hook-hand) Set/theme you would like to see: Underwater Aliens Current LEGO Project: Collecting the new Divers and Aquaraiders sets Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I posted late in 1995 that I would like to see sting-rays, better underwater plants and shipwreck sets. Believe me, LEGO listens. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Dungeons and Dragons (Advanced, World of Greyhawk), Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy, Scuba Diving, Sailing -- Michael R. Bastian Image Understanding Laboratory Brigham Young University Web: http://iul.cs.byu.edu/bastian/mike.html Phone: (801) 378-4009 or (801) 378-3687
From: dblake@triton.net Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 14:01:06 -0600 Organization: Deja News Usenet Posting Service Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Dave Blakeslee Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1961 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: I don't know! Silly question! Location: Wyoming, MI E-mail Address: dblake@triton.net LEGO/home page URL(s): not yet Marital Status: Married Children: 4, 3 boys, 1 girl Occupation: Social work On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Late November 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 60+ (mostly belonging to my kids) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 8 (all for possible trade or sale) # of LEGO Pieces: good grief...I don't have the slightest idea. # of LEGOfests Attended: Never heard of such a thing. # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None, but my dad has visited the LEGO "citadel" in Denmark First LEGO Set: Our oldest is a BT2 Grid Trekkor, I think. Favorite Theme(s): Space (Spyrius), AquaZone, Time Cruisers :o) (really!) Favorite Set(s): RoboGuardian, Saucer Centurion Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron 1 MIB, Punky the Monkey, Spyrius Droid Set/theme you would like to see: Robot Assembly Factory (RoboForce base?) Current LEGO Project: Finding room to play and display what we've got Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Striking upon a haul of LEGO dating from 1992-3 at my place of employment, incl. 2 Load N' Haul RRs and over 30 other sets (previously inventoried on r.t.l.) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Phil Keaggy, contemplative Christianity, literature, family
From: Rick & Wendy Walter <rwalter@bright.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 1997 16:53:18 -0500
Organization: BrightNet Ohio
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Wendy Walter
Gender: Female
Year of Birth 1961:
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:Prepubescent
Location:Findlay Ohio USA
E-mail Address:rwalter@bright.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):not yet
Marital Status: happily
Children: 3
Occupation: Respiratory Care Practioner
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:Sept 1996
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:20(100)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: Nine they've all been played with
# of LEGO Pieces: not enough
# of LEGOfests Attended:none yet
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:none yet
First LEGO Set:Ummm for myself the little aquanaut vehicle
Favorite Theme(s) Exploriens Aquazone divers robo(so far):
Favorite Set(s):don't know
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):Aquazone octagonal tubes/Pollux and
castor the Exploriens twins
Set/theme you would like to see:More Exploriens or Alternate
instructions for the 2151 roboforce scorpion ship
Current LEGO Project:Finishing the Neptune Discovery Lab{Finished as
of 1/4/97} then buying
more legos--Looking forward to building all the stuff I bought from
Todd
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:Best Lego Aunt ever--according to my
nephew Matt When we put the Crystal discover sub together
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:reading mysteries, making teddie bears
Are You Being Served and Keeping Up Appearances.
From: Gail Meagher <685721@ican.net>
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 00:42:30 -0800
Organization: Lost in the fog
Name: Gail Meagher
Gender: Female
Year of Birth: 1967
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11 / I want some snow to go play in :)
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
E-mail Address: 685721@ican.net, sometimes gmeagher@physics.ubc.ca
LEGO/home page URL(s): none
Marital Status: long distance SO
Children: nope
Occupation: grad student in physics
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: (A.T.L) early 1993 (before late march)
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 610
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 205 (many polybags and acessory packs)
I'm surprised it's this high, but I just counted them.
# of LEGO Pieces: ~80,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: basic set in early 70's. Post dark ages 6237 Pirate's Plunder.
Favorite Theme(s): Pirate, Train, most of the others.
Favorite Set(s): 693 Homemaker piano
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 2x4 red brick, minifig smiley face with
freckles
Set/theme you would like to see: winter town sets to go with the snowmobile,
such as skis, skates, ice fishing, and a snow plow piece for the train.
Current LEGO Project: Ski hill
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Moved away from what might be the greatest
used LEGO find ever, made by Robin in Vancouver.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Skiing, sailing, RPG (WFRP), finding things I'm
not allegic to, sewing, my thesis :(.
--
Gail Meagher
LEGO: PI+++(6286) TR+++(4563) HM++(693) MOC++
#+++++ S+ LS++ Hal M+ A++ LM- YB67f
From: kammrl@yakko.cs.wmich.edu (Kimberly Anne Marie)
Date: 4 Jan 1997 07:34:02 GMT
Organization: Kim's Mad Scientist Genetic Breeding Grounds and Lab
Name: Kimberly Anne Marie Makouski Rowan-Leigh
Gender: Female
Year of Birth: 1970
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Confused
Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan
E-mail Address: kammrl@yakko.cs.wmich.edu
Marital Status: Single
Children: None, thank you very much
Occupation: Nothing I would like to admit right now, but I am certified
as a veterinary technician and a pharmacy technician and
would like to find a new job in these fields
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: June 1994
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: something between 50 and 100
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: around 10 (they are in a currently
unreachable box in the bottom of my closet
# of LEGO Pieces: ...uhhhh....some number larger than 12
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: I don't know, at seven you don't remember set numbers,
and Lego (like my dollhouse) was one of those thing my
grandmother found a new home for when I "was too old for
that 'stuff'" (without my permission I might add)
Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Islanders
Favorite Set(s): Forestmen (not that I have any)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): hmmm...I guess the dragons and the
full saddles
Set/theme you would like to see: buildings in enormous trees like the
vallenwoods from Dragonlance and ekele
from the Velgarth books
Current LEGO Project: to acquire enough animals for my menagerie/zoo
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: The closest I can think of (and it's more
like infamous) is that my roommate and I made up a Lego story while I
was building #6278 Enchanted Island and he thought it was amusing
enough that he posted it here and instead of getting replies that
said "I don't like this story", he was accused of being a troll.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: reading (mostly fantasy), cross-stitch,
carousels, chinchillas, being a Girl Scout
leader
--
kammrl@yakko.cs.wmich.edu I would feel infinitely more comfortable in your
Kimberly Anne Marie presence if you would agree to treat gravity as
Makouski Rowan-Leigh a law, rather than one of a number of suggested
send me koosas! and Lego! options. (no junk mail!) (Barnabus to Delirium)
From: kilaras@worldnet.att.net (Tony Kilaras) Date: Fri, 03 Jan 1997 05:43:18 GMT Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Name: Tony Kilaras Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Sold him for Lego. Location: New York City (Queens) E-mail Address: kilaras@worldnet.att.net LEGO/home page URL(s): 0 Marital Status: Single Children: Bite your tongue Occupation: Government Tax Auditor On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: October 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Billions and billions # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: You count it and let me know. # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Engine Co. #9. Favorite Theme(s): Town/Train/Boats. Favorite Set(s): Cargo Center. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): All those great new pre-fab highly specialized pieces. :( Set/theme you would like to see: The return of Town. Current LEGO Project: I'm building a radio transmitter to communicate with Lego lovers who live in other galaxies dude. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Mandroid called me the greatest prevaceur (sp?) and most foul-mouthed member of RTL! Does that count? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Life, nudity and the pursuit of happiness.
From: "Jason S. Mantor" <Jason@RTL-Bricks.com> Date: 3 Jan 1997 16:55:14 GMT Organization: AlbanyNet - E-mail info@albany.net Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Jason S. Mantor Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 ? Location: Upstate NY, USA E-mail Address: Jason@RTL-Bricks.com LEGO/home page URL(s): www.rtl-bricks.com Marital Status: Happily Children: Not for a while Occupation: Research & Development Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1992 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None # of LEGO Pieces: about 40 Gallons # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 : ( # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 : ( First LEGO Set: unsure Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Trains, Space, Pirates Favorite Set(s): 8880, 8870, 8860, 956 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Six Shooters Set/theme you would like to see: Minifig scale Aircraft Carrier Current LEGO Project: Raytracing Instruction Booklets Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I was mentioned in LEGO(R)'s Internal Newsletter : ) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Boating, Autocrossing, Engines
From: Christian Clemmensen <tyderian@selway.umt.edu>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 10:08:55 -0700
Organization: University of Montana
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Christian Clemmensen
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1975
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Changes with the seasons
Location: Missoula, Montana (yes! another Missoulian on RTL!)
E-mail Address: tyderian@selway.umt.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): www.filmtracks.com (sorry, not lego...)
Marital Status: single
Children: none
Occupation: Web Consultant for the University of Montana
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 11/96
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Unknown
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: A large moving box of goodies
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: The Shell Gas Station (no idea what # that is)
Favorite Theme(s): Town
Favorite Set(s): The original airport --crash landings were the norm
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 2x4 bricks
Set/theme you would like to see: Star Wars
Current LEGO Project: collecting as many red & white 2x4s as possible
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: a 5-foot Imperial Star Destroyer made from
entirely 2x4s...
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Film soundtracks, George Carlin, snowballs,
and throwing things from atop tall buildings
From: Defender <defender@orangecity.ia.frontiercomm.net> Date: 3 Jan 1997 18:30:18 GMT Organization: Internet Services Provider Network Name: Defender (I'm kinda hesitant to use my real name over the internet) Gender:.............................Male Year of Birth:......................1977 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:...10 Location:...........................Orange City, IA E-mail Address:...............defender@orangecity.ia.frontiercomm.net LEGO/home page URL(s):..............None Marital Status:.....................Soon to be engaged :) Children:...........................None Occupation:.........................College Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:.............September '96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection:.......30 # of Unopened Sets in Collection:...0 # of LEGO Pieces:...................? # of LEGOfests Attended:............0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:......0 First LEGO Set:.....................Royal King Favorite Theme(s):..................Castle Favorite Set(s):....................Fire Breathing Fortress, or Royal Knights Castle Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):....My Wolfpack mini-fig with the eye patch Set/theme you would like to see:....Wolfpack returned! Current LEGO Project:...............I'm going to be a special ed. teacher soon, so I'm trying to set up a battle in a display case between the Royal Knights and the Dragon Masters for inside the classroom. The Wolfpack are a menace to both. :) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:........None that I know of Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:.........my girlfriend, music (heavy metal), watching college sports (mainly bball and football), partying occasionaly, and praising my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
From: shewolfn@aol.com Date: 3 Jan 1997 19:35:42 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: Julia L. Mack Gender: F Year of Birth: 1962 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Whose got time to be a child...too busy being Mom Location: Bolingbrook, IL E-mail Address: SHEWOLFN@aol.com, SHEWOLFN@earthlink.net LEGO/home page URL(s): Official Lego Page #38136 ....son Kyle's Marital Status: M....Divorced if my husband finds all of the Lego I've bought!! Children: 3 Occupation: Mom 4 now On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Nov '96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection:Most of them # of LEGO Pieces: Couldn't even imagine # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First LEGO Set: #588 Police Headquarters Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Pirates Favorite Set(s): Haven't decided yet....they're mostly unopened. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): minifig that came in the new '97 Freestyle bucket Set/theme you would like to see: Current LEGO Project: Opening the boxes.....teehee Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: ?????? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Photo Albums, cross stitching, ZORK, camping
From: Bo Williams <xwrwillia@ingr.com> Date: Fri, 03 Jan 1997 13:52:06 -0600 Organization: Intergraph Corporation Name: Bo Williams Gender: M Year of Birth: 1971 Status of Inner Child: Healthy, content Location: Huntsville, AL E-mail Address: wrwillia@ingr.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: Engaged Children: None Occupation: Technical writer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: October 1994 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 150+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: 30,000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Two small Expert Builder sets Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Model Team Favorite Set(s): Super Car, Whirl 'N' Wheel, Technic 9V motor Favorite Piece(s): Super Car differentials, Model Team windshields Set/theme you would like to see: Model Team desert dump truck with HUGE all-terrain tires Current LEGO Project: None, waiting for a really good idea Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Built my father a Lego centrifuge for his Halloween costume last year (he went as Mr. Wizard) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Tropical fish, classic cars, reading -- Bo Williams - wrwillia@ingr.com Not speaking for Intergraph Corporation. To send me email, please remove the "x" from my address.
From: ghidorah@cris.com (polq) Date: 3 Jan 1997 20:56:07 GMT Organization: Your Organization Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name:Paul Queitsch Gender:M Year of Birth:1957 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:12? Location:Churubusco,Indiana E-mail Address:ghidorah@cris.com (yes as in the three headed monster) LEGO/home page URL(s): N/A Marital Status:Married 18 Yrs. Children:3, 1 boy(9) 2 girls (8),(1.4) Occupation:Broadcast Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:12-96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection:12 # of Unopened Sets in Collection:0 # of LEGO Pieces:3000? # of LEGOfests Attended:0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0 First LEGO Set:Unknown Favorite Theme(s):Space/Exploriens Favorite Set(s):Explorien Starship 6982 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):I'll answer this when I have some more Set/theme you would like to see: " Current LEGO Project:Make more money / Buy more kits Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:none...yet Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:I collect hobbies, ie; model rockets, computer, fly fishing/fly tying, learning New Testament Greek, science fiction, The New Red Green Show!...Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati!! Singing Barbershop style! I'm going on a retreat tonight to get ready for the spring concert. I wonder if I should bring some Legos... Paul Queitsch ghidorah@cris.com
From: Mookie@execpc.com (Mookie) Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 04:05:40 GMT Organization: Exec-PC BBS Internet - Milwaukee, WI Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Tamyra (Tamy) Gender: Female Year of Birth: 1963 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: @12 Location: Close to Milwaukee, WI. E-mail Address: Mookie@execpc.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.execpc.com/~mookie/lego.html Marital Status: Single and loving it! Children: 3- 2 cats, 1 dog 3- Jon 12, Monica 10, Christopher 5. Only my ex-girlfriend has them now. Occupation: Pee-on and Student (Microcomputer Specialist) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan 1994 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 412+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 40+ # of LEGO Pieces: Be my guest! # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 :( # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: <phhhhtttt> to anyone that can put a # higher than 0 here. First LEGO Set: 105, 110, 115 basic sets and 555 hospital Favorite Theme(s): CASTLE! Pirates, WW!, Explorians Favorite Set(s): 6048, Fort Legoredo Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Explorian on the Hovertron, Commander in 6263 Pirate Wench <if I had one> Set/theme you would like to see: Wild West Steam Train, More cowboys, More small boats in Pirates, Brown 1x1 rounds. Current LEGO Project: Rebuilding my fort I had when younger. Where in the h*ll did I get all those walls when I was little.. and WHERE DID THEY GO? Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Looking for a new one! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Reading, Indigo Girls Music, Collecting USA Stamps, Motorcycles, Bargin hunting! Repairing/Building Computers. and many many other things, too much to mention. Mookie@execpc.com http://www.execpc.com/~mookie/index.html Lego Code: V2.0 MOC++++ CA++++(6080)[dm++++(6048) bk(6009),df(6079)+++] PI+++(6270)[ig++(6271)is+(6256)] WW++++c(6716) TR, AQ++ SP[ex+++c] #+++++ S- LS++ Hal M+ A+ LM- YB63f IC87f
From: billk@sr.hp.com (Bill Katz)
Date: 4 Jan 1997 08:52:25 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard Sonoma County
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Bill Katz
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1962
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Varies, my wife claims its going down
Location: San Rafael, CA
E-mail Address: billk@sr.hp.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):
Marital Status: M
Children: 1 (Jennifer, born 4/94), another due mid-February
Occupation: Electrical Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 9/94
Post dark age totals:
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 274+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 40
# of LEGO Pieces: 77,000 +
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0
First LEGO Set: A glued together house my Dad got when his store signed
on with Lego when Samsonite fist opened its doors
Favorite Theme(s): technic, space I also collect pirates, castle,
aquazone, and to a lesser extent town if I like the set.
Favorite Set(s): 8868, 8880, 6989, 6973. I have 8460 on order, and
expect it and 8480 will join the list when I buy them.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Remote Control car piece from ~1971
Set/theme you would like to see:
Current LEGO Project: Keeping my database up to date, searching for bargains.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Have all my original Samsonite sets, boxes,
instructions and catalogs from when I was a kid.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:
Bicycling (I finished all 5 passes of the Death Ride in 1996)
Wine (Living in Sonoma County, the appreciation of good wine is required)
Auto Racing (I own a Formula Ford, but it hasn't moved in 5 years)
My daughter ("I like to play with Daddy's toys")
Electronics/Computers (Designing hardware for a living makes one less likely
to want to design electronics for a hobby)
From: One of us Cobbs <cobbfam@netsync.net> Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 10:51:53 -0500 Organization: Cobb Family Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Evan Matthew Cobb Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1979 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Perfectly Intact Location: Fredonia, NY E-Mail Address: cobb1390@fredonia.edu LEGO/Homepage URL: http://www.netsync.net/users/cobbfam/evan/ Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: December 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 60+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: Far more than I will ever come to know # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Camoflaged Outpost Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Pirate Favorite Set(s): Black Falcon's Fortress Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Dragons, Ghosts Set/theme you would like to see: A large castle ship, like a Viking Knarr; an Egyptian theme Current LEGO Project: none Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Creating a fictional world setting for all Castle/Pirate sets; establishing a language for the fictional peoples thereof. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Swimming, Baroque Music (and Punk, too), Writing, Foreign languages Evan Matthew Cobb -- The Cobb Family cobbfam@netsync.net http://www.netsync.net/users/cobbfam
From: Wendy Browne <wendyb@thegrid.net> Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 16:38:43 +0000 Organization: Call America Internet Services +1 (805) 541 6316 Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Wendy Browne Gender: Female (last time I checked!) Year of Birth: before Vietnam Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12-14 Location: San Luis Obispo, CA E-mail Address: wendyb@thegrid.net LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: between husbands Children: one beautiful 7 yr old LEGO manic! Occupation: paper mover- moving paper from one spot to another On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 7-95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: lots!! # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none! You mean people do this?? # Of LEGO Pieces: mega lots!! # Of LEGOfests Attended: not YET! # Of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none YET! Lets have a party at Carlsbad when it opens! First LEGO Set: little backhoe Favorite Theme(s): town Favorite Set(s): Black Seas Barracuda. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Pirate Babe , Amazing Cleavage woman. Set/theme you would like to see: Looking forward to Indians ;) Current LEGO Project: finding instruction for set #6956 Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Damn the instructions for BSB had 2 pages missing. That was a challenge!! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My health issues, Macintosh, playing with my son. Not necessarily in that order. -- Wendy "Friend of Bill W." We do Mouse Calls in San Luis Obispo.
From: "Gary Ritchie" <Gary_T_Ritchie@msn.com> Date: 4 Jan 1997 17:32:09 GMT Organization: Synapse Publishing Inc. Name: Gary Ritchie Gender: M Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Canada E-mail Address: gary.ritchie@wepublish.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none (yet) Marital Status: M Children: none Occupation: programmer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~140 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 82 # of LEGO Pieces: ~35,000 (wild guess) # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Don't know, ~1974 Favorite Theme(s): trains Favorite Set(s): all of them, really Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): no favourites Set/theme you would like to see: Would like LEGO to provide a CD-ROM based database of all sets ever produced, making my database project unnecessary. Current LEGO Project: Compiling yet-another-LEGO-set-database (currently at 1188 entries, before adding any 1997 sets). Soon to be available on WWW Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:
From: "George M. Sikora" <g.sikora@worldnet.att.net> Date: 4 Jan 1997 23:29:40 GMT Organization: KCS Enterprise Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: George M Sikora Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1946 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: Houston Texas E-mail Address: g.sikora@worldnet.att.net LEGO/home page URL(s): none yet but wanting one Marital Status: Married Children: 4 2 -boys 2 girls Oldest 30 youngest 4 Occupation: Adminstrative management small holding company On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: new - first time # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 200 + # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 20+/- # of LEGO Pieces: 53,600 + # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 Bilund Denmark 1993 First LEGO Set: # 6345 Ariel Acrobats (this time around) Favorite Theme(s): Town / Trains Favorite Set(s): not sure Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): not sure Set/theme you would like to see: More Town ie buildings....... Computer design program Current LEGO Project: Redoing my town layout- covers in excess of 250 square feet Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Size of layout.... with wife's agreement Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: computer programming and system support.....
From: PatMcK@pacbell.net (Patrick McKinnion) Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 15:33:12 -0800 Organization: Rhiannon Productions Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Patrick McKinnion Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: ?? Location: San Marcos, California E-mail Address: PatMcK@pacbell.net LEGO/home page URL(s): Not at present time Marital Status: Single, (for now) Children: 0 Occupation: Data Specialist. Also p/t college student, (Psychology) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 2000+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: diety only knows # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None yet. I live 25 miles from the site of Legoland-Carlsbad First LEGO Set: ??? Favorite Theme(s): Divers, Wild West, Aquazone, Pirates, Space, Castle, Time Travelers. Favorite Set(s): Currently it's the Patriot Jet Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): ??? Set/theme you would like to see: Victorian Current LEGO Project: Kicking around a Lego replica of Babylon 5 Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: my "dead Tim" minifig Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Horses, books, Macintosh programming and support. -- <*> SP2 - Brought to you by "Ouchies": The sharp, prickly toy you bathe with.....
From: Robert Lian <ralian@mosquito.com> Date: 5 Jan 1997 00:30:39 GMT Organization: Mosquito Net, Inc. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name:Robert Lian (Bob will do) Gender:Guy Year of Birth:1953 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:16 Location:Southern New Jersey E-mail Address:rlian@motown.lmco.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status:22 years 5 months Children:just me! Occupation:Chemical Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:about 10/94 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 19 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None # of LEGO Pieces: 11964 (according to the boxes) # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First LEGO Set: SES Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Trains Favorite Set(s): SES, Control Center I & II, Space Shuttle Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): All of them Set/theme you would like to see: radio or IR remotes for technics Current LEGO Project: My never finished carosel Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Last time I ordered from S@H the operator knew my VISA number! I think I'm hooked. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: B5, Cartoons, Mountain biking by myself and tandeming with my wife.
From: jeff findley <jeff.findley@sdrc.com>
Date: 04 Jan 1997 21:11:55 -0500
Organization: Structural Dynamics Research Corporation
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Jeffrey (Jeff) N. Findley
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 69
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 16/alive and well
Location: Cincinnati OH (see .sig in postings for exact location)
E-mail Address:jeff.findley@sdrc.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): None yet.
Marital Status: Ask my wife.
Children: One girl (two) and one boy (11 months)
Occupation: Computer Programmer (CAD/CAM/CAE/PDM/PIM software
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: The creation of a.t.l. (when exactly was that?)
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 120+ estimated
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 3
# of LEGO Pieces: 12000+ estimated
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: 410 Payloader (in second grade, probabaly late 1977)
Favorite Theme(s): Space
Favorite Set(s): 565 Moon Landing, 6984 Galactic Mediator,
6929 Starfleet Voyager, 1789 Star Hawk II,
497 Galaxy Explorer, and other space sets
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The Blacktron II large white jetpack
(MMU) and a Blacktron minifig.
Set/theme you would like to see:
Current LEGO Project: Sorting loose pieces and finding room to display
sets which are currently built. Eventually I'm going to get around
to modifying a couple of my Launch Command sets to look like the
(now mothballed) Russian shuttles and shuttle carrier. I'd also
like to build an Eagle from Space 1999 to minifig scale.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Large (I mean huge) spaceship which contained
room for dozens of classic space minifigs. This ship was heavily armed
and had a drop ship underneath with working airlock. Propulsion was
provided by no less than 10 augmented large gray engines. Drop tanks
provided extra fuel necessary for long trips. This ship was done in
the same style as the 497 Galaxy Explorer only bigger. Wish I'd
gotten pictures of it before my parents made me take it apart (it
was using so much of the family LEGO collection that my two younger
brothers couldn't build much of anything).
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: None that I have time for, but I do like
model building (plastic sci-fi, mostly), reading sci-fi, electronics,
computers, bicycling, and others.
--
LEGO: MOC>++++ SP++++(6984) AQ+++ TR,TO,FS++ BO,TC+ #++ S+ LS>+ Hsu M+ A+ YB69m
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| Jeff.Findley@sdrc.com | The above opinions | First things first, |
| SDRC | are my own and do | but not necessarily |
| 2000 Eastman Drive | not reflect the | in that order. |
| Milford OH 45150-2789 | opinions of SDRC. | -- Doctor Who |
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From: "Ernest" <ernestw@magna.com.au> Date: 3 Jan 1997 23:22:13 GMT Organization: HELKA Express Int'l (Aust) P/L Name: Ernest Wong Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1980 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 9 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Email Address: ernestw@magna.com.au LEGO/home page URL(s): None Marital Status: Not Yet Children: None Occupation: Student On R.T.L. (A.T.L.) since: 1/96 # of sets in LEGO Collection: 110 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: WHAT?! Of course NONE. # of LEGO Pieces: Dunno # of Mini-figs: 80 # of LEGOfest Attended: None :( # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None :~( First LEGO Set: A Basic set 722 Favourite Theme(s): Trains, Town (pre-1996), Technic Favourite Set(s): 7745, 4558 Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigures(s): The train driver in 4559 Set/theme you would like to see: decent Town stuff, eg shops, HOUSES, units Current LEGO Project: Rebuilding my Town (got smashed by the evil monster (my brother)) :) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Ummm... Pass Other (Non-LEGO) Interest: Computer, Nintendo
From: "QQue" <qque@ix.netcom.com> Date: 4 Jan 1997 03:42:12 GMT Organization: Netcom Name: David Reade Gender: male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: Clifton Park, NY E-mail Address: qque@ix.netcom.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://members.aol.com/davreade/dav.htm Marital Status: Married Children: no Occupation: Nuclear reactor operator / Instructor On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 6/95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 235 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 38 # of LEGO Pieces: ???? My goal is to get 1 Million Legos ( never had a Million of anything before :-)~ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 ( Planning a trip to Denmark! ) First LEGO Set: #6971 Intergalactic Command Base (1983) Favorite Theme(s): Old Space, Aquazone, Divers Favorite Set(s): 6940 Alien Moon Stalker, 6195 Neptune Discovery Lab Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron 2 Jet packs, Divers' Scuba Propulsion "thing". Ice Planet Minifig w/ Orange visor & BT1 Minifig w/ Black visor Set/theme you would like to see: New sets in the Original Space theme of the 80's Current LEGO Project: Building underwater fantasy diarama centering on the underwater aspect, but including other themes like some Castle, and, of course, space! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Right before I gradutated from High school I had an entire full sized pool table covered with a Space port that included all the original space sets and were all combined into one city through, literally, years of building. It was so complex and intricate, it took me weeks to take it apart! and many tears :-), but I have a whole role of pictures :-) ! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, music ( I play Flute, Piano, Bass, & Guitar), Martial Arts ( Aikido, & TangsooDo ), I hold 2 first degree black belts, and am a certified instructor, Running, My very fast Mitsubishi 3000GT ( Red, of course! ) :-), Watching James Bond, & Sherlock Holmes Movies, and reading Sherlock Holmes short stories...... oh yeah, I guess I like my job too :-)
From: astabno@axp2.umkc.edu (Andreas Stabno)
Date: 3 Jan 97 08:23:47 CST
Organization: University of Missouri - Kansas City
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Andreas Stabno
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 5-12
Location: Independence, Missouri
E-mail Address: astabno@cctr.umkc.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://cctr.umkc.edu/user/astabno/lego.html
Marital Status: married
Children: just myself
Occupation: actuary
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: fall of 1994
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 114
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: 20,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (Denmark) - as a small boy
0 (so far) - as a big boy
First LEGO Set: Pre dark ages: #374 - yellow fire station
Post dark ages: #4563 - Load 'N' Haul Railroad
Favorite Theme(s): TRAIN and town
Favorite Set(s): metroliner, airport shuttle
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): straight rails, construction worker
Set/theme you would like to see: Town Decades - architecture from the 60s-90s
with large Metrostationesque buildings
Current LEGO Project: acquiring enough sets and pieces to build a large multi-
level town/train setup complete with mountain, tunnels,
bridges, "L", and subway system
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: perhaps the above when finished
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: see attached signature
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From: spiehler@cas.org (Steve Piehler) Date: 3 Jan 1997 15:38:47 GMT Organization: Chemical Abstracts Service Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Steve Piehler Gender: M Year of Birth: 1961 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: Columbus, OH, USA E-mail Address: spiehler@cas.org LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: Married Children: 0 Occupation: computer programmer, chemical information On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: the beginning # of Sets in LEGO Collection: maybe 50 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 9 # of LEGO Pieces: maybe 14,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 2 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: #315 European Taxie Favorite Theme(s): Town, Train, Technic Favorite Set(s): 6542 Launch & Load Seaport Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): can't decide Set/theme you would like to see: Better Town stuff! Current LEGO Project: Repairing basement for a permanent LEGO place Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: um, attended 2 LEGOFests Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: US Civil War, guitar, Top Corner Hockey (Christmas present :^), basement repair
From: "Jeff Prince" <riptrack@concentric.net> Date: 4 Jan 1997 07:23:41 GMT Organization: Concentric Internet Services Name: Jeff Prince Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1958 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 Location: Vandenberg AFB, CA E-mail Address: riptrack@concentric.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.concentric.net/~riptrack (no LEGO yet) Marital Status: Divorced Children: 2 (boys 7 and 9) Occupation: USAF On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: October 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: approx 75 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 10 # of Pieces: not enough # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Basic set, about 1965 Favorite Theme(s): Trains Favorite Set(s): Club car Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Still like the original gears form 1960's Set/theme you would like to see: Expanded U.S. Trains Current LEGO Project: Auctioning off my unwanted sets; building new things with my boys; Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Surviving Mandroid's bids in my auction Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Railroads, model trains, and computers Most traumatic LEGO event in my life: When my mom gave away all my LEGO "toys" while I was stationed in Germany!
From: Rhonda Whiting <whiting@inmind.com> Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 17:21:28 -0500 Organization: The Whiting's Name: Rhonda Whiting Gender: F Year of Birth: 1960 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 23 Location: Central VA E-mail Address: whiting@inmind.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: Married Children: 3 Occupation: Full time Mom and major purchaser of Lego!! On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Oct.96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 0, but the kids have a Lot and I'm getting the urge to own some myself!! # of Unopened Sets in Collection: are you kidding?? # of LEGO Pieces: an old trunk full # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: I'll let you know Favorite Theme(s): Paradisa- daughter; Space- son; I like the Aquasharks! Favorite Set(s): ? Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): ? Would like to see the Ice Babe and Castle Maiden, though. Set/theme you would like to see: ? Current LEGO Project: Trying to help my son organize his Legos before his 3 and 1 year old cousins visit! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: bought a ton of old Space, Space Police, and Ice Planet Legos (about $200 worth) for $20 at a local flea market!! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: reading Regencies, sewing, cobalt blue glass, singing, shopping, and keeping up with the family! :)
From: "James J. Trobaugh" <thinice@avana.net> Date: Fri, 03 Jan 1997 08:54:23 -0500 Organization: Thin Ice Productions Reply-To: thinice@avana.net Name: James J. Trobaugh (Thin Ice) Gender: Guy Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: North Georgia Mountains E-mail Address: thinice@avana.net LEGO/home page URL(s): www.avana.net/~thinice Marital Status: M Children: 1 on the way Occupation: A/V System Programer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Aug. 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~90 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 3 # of LEGO Pieces: 'bout 7000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 - need to have one in Georgia # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Lunar Launcher Favorite Theme(s): Train/Town Favorite Set(s): 2150 RetroStation Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Brown Jacket Truck Driver Set/theme you would like to see: Downtown Shops / Main Street Current LEGO Project: Computer control of my train layout Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none to speak of as of now Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Camping,Computer Animation & Video Production
From: Bill Stahl <billgs@best.com> Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 16:19:35 -0800 Organization: Scoopy's Alias | Wavefront Circus Name: Bill Stahl Gender: m Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Santa Clara , CA LEGO/home page URL(s): (Not Lego Oriented; yet) http://www.best.com/~billgs Marital Status: NLSO Children: 0 Occupation: Application Engineer for Alias|Wavefront, a Silicon Graphics Co. On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: May 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~ 24 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: ~ 4 # of LEGO Pieces: ? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Basic set in the early 70's Favorite Theme(s): Tecnic Favorite Set(s): Space Shuttle Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s) Lunar Lander minifig Set/theme you would like to see: Technic Military or Mecha themes Current LEGO Project: Buying more Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: High End 3D Computer Graphics, Sailing, Computer Games, Anatomical Illustration.
From: AlexChan@juno.com Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 19:47:07 GMT Organization: Concentric Internet Services Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Alex Chan Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1980 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Only Child Location: Englewood Cliffs, NJ E-Mail Address: AlexChan@juno.com LEGO/Homepage URL: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/8318/trains.html Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: July 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: More than 10000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Fabuland (I forgot specfic model #, but it is a house with an elephant and a boat) Favorite Theme(s): Trains, Model Team, Town Favorite Set(s): Metro Liner Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): / Set/theme you would like to see: Trains should be expanding!!! Also, the reexistence of Fabuland Current LEGO Project: Nope Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: / Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Books, Music
From: sbs@sojourn.com (sbs@sojourn.com) Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 23:29:02 -0500 Organization: Sojourn Systems, Lansing, MI (USA) Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Steve Smith Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1963 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan E-mail Address: sbs@sojourn.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None, I'm not that technologically advanced (yet) Marital Status: Single Children: None (other than myself) Occupation: Emergency Mental Health Clinician On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1994 (mostly just lurking) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Way too many too count # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None # of LEGO Pieces: Way way way too many to count # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First LEGO Set: Oh, its been so long ago I can't remember Favorite Theme(s): Town, Wild West Favorite Set(s): Um, gee, I have so many.... Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Set/theme you would like to see: Current LEGO Project: Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Two planes collided on the airport runway once, but the event didn't make the media (outside of Legoland). Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading, computers, watching sports (playing some), playing tennis, watching tv/movies
From: Tore Eriksson <tore.eriksson@mbox325.swipnet.se> Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 23:36:06 -0800 Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Tore Eriksson Gender: M Year of Birth: '62 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Varying Location: Katrineholm, Sweden E-mail Address: tore.eriksson@mbox325.swipnet.se LEGO/home page URL(s): http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-20413/ Marital Status: Divorced Children: Daughter, born '91 Occupation: Cable Wire Wrapper :o( On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 9608 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 0 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: Probably > 10000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Probably 315 "Tin Lizzie" http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-20413/fold16a.jpg Favorite Theme(s): Non Favorite Set(s): Non Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): red 45 deg roof Set/theme you would like to see: Old style windows (back to the roots) Current LEGO Project: My parents' home Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: SimLego for the PC project. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: The Bible, raising my daughter, C-programming, cheap SF-movies, electronics ------------------------ Tore Eriksson ------------------------ LEGO: MOC++++ TC+ FL-- S---- LS->+++ H,A@ HKsb LM-- VLd YB@m -------------- http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-20413/ -------------- ----------- mailto:tore.eriksson@mbox325.swipnet.se -----------
From: joeyp21569@aol.com (JoeyP21569) Date: 5 Jan 1997 05:55:19 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Joe Paradis Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14/ Sleeping Location: North Carolina E-mail Address: joeyp21569@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Yeah, when is there time for that? Marital Status: On the rocks Children: 0 Occupation: Architect On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: June '96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Well over 200 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Are you kidding? # of LEGO Pieces: More than I'd like to count. # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Basic set #145 (in 1977) Favorite Theme(s): Town, Town, & Town (Technic, if used with town) Favorite Set(s): Main Street #6390 & Launch & Load Seaport #6542 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Overhead garage doors/Sgt. Stadako Set/theme you would like to see: To take town to the next level, CITY! Current LEGO Project: Idle Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Helping children build a city at a museum Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Architecture, computer (Mac), painting, sketching, chilling on the beach, camping in the mountains
From: s381259@gettysburg.edu (Dan Arcari) Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 01:00:09 -0500 Organization: The Internet Access Company, Inc. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Dan Arcari Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1977 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10/Very active, looking for something to eat Location: Avon, CT/Gettysburg, PA (College) E-mail Address: s381259@gettysburg.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): none, yet Marital Status: single Children: 0 Occupation: student/computer technician & database programmer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan. 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 70 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: 10,000+, never counted # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 6970 Beta-1 Command Base Favorite Theme(s): Space, esp. M-Tron Favorite Set(s): Monorail Transport Base Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): none/original Blacktron fig Set/theme you would like to see: Model Team Star Trek ships Current LEGO Project: rebuilding all my space stuff after too many years of cold storage Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I'm in college and still play with them... they're all over my dorm room. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Star Trek, Star Wars, X-Files, composing music, writing fiction, reading SF/fantasy, football
From: Rick Jenkins <rljenk@weberassoc.com> Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 20:32:44 -0500 Organization: Weber and Associates Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Rick Jenkins Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 68 going on 12 Location: Reston, Virginia E-mail Address: RLJenk@weberassoc.com, and @aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://members.aol.com/rljenk Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: Graphic Artist On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Fall 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~60 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: There is nothing much sadder than an unplayed toy. # of LEGO Pieces: never enough # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: some DUPLO set Favorite Theme(s): space, town, aquazone Favorite Set(s): LL924, #4554 Metrostation Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 1x2 brick with down arrow Set/theme you would like to see: Town Current LEGO Project: Just added 3-story Octan Service Plaza to my space outpost Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: The jury is still out Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: architecture, design, macintosh computing LEGO: TO++(4554) SP (cl+)++(487) AZ++ MOC+++ S-- #+ LS- Haw M+ YB71m
From: Fred Doebbler <fredd33@mail.idt.net> Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 23:56:28 -0800 Organization: IDT Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: James Joshua Doebbler Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1982 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: Houston, TX, USA E-mail Address: fredd33@mail.idt.net LEGO/home page URL(s): None Marital Status: Unmarried of course (I'm only 14 for cryin; out loud;)) Children: None Occupation: Freshman in Cypress Falls High School On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: mid '96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 50 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 5 # of LEGO Pieces: 5000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First LEGO Set: 6820 Starfire I Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): 8480 Space Shuttle Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): ALL Set/theme you would like to see: Technic theme based entirely on robots with a flexible micropressor for intergrating with LEGO Current LEGO Project: I just finished a tracked motorized Technic vehicle that is triangular in shape and can travel on any of the three sides. (Apologies for those LEGO purists, but not having the new Technic 8229 Tread Trekker I am using the treads from an old Capsela set I have.) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Impressing my very non-lego dad by proving you could build almost anything with LEGO Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: HP48GX calculator and programs, computer anything (especially programming), puzzles, reading
From: dchapman@vnet.ibm.com Date: 6 Jan 1997 17:48:44 GMT Organization: IBM Toronto Lab Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Dale Chapman Gender: Male - despite the gender neutral name :) Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 - Only because of technic :) Location: Toronto, Ontario E-mail Address: dchapman@vnet.ibm.com OR dgchapm@ibm.net LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: Married Children: 0 Occupation: Computer Programmer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Late 1994 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~40 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: ? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: some basic brick set from ~1970 Favorite Theme(s): Technic, town Favorite Set(s): original rocket launcher from early 1970's Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): none Set/theme you would like to see: Current LEGO Project: None :( Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: built an aircraft carrier with an in-deck elevator Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, model making, cooking, sports (a Boston Bruins fan in the land of the Leafs), movies Dale Chapman dchapman@vnet.ibm.com
From: activeim@perth.DIALix.oz.au (Sue Ann Barber) Date: 7 Jan 1997 10:09:41 +0800 Organization: DIALix Services, Perth, Australia. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Sue Ann Barber Gender: Female Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10-ish Location: Perth, Western Australia E-mail Address: activeim@perth.dialix.oz.au LEGO/home page URL(s): still thinking about it Marital Status: single, but not available Children: none Occupation: teacher On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: early 1995 (but dropped out for a while) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: just over 100 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2 (a Blacktron base and a Space Police set) # of LEGO Pieces: lots - never counted or estimated # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 - Windsor opened 3 months after i was there First LEGO Set: a mid-70s basic set (and my brother's cast-offs) Favorite Theme(s): Space/Fabuland Favorite Set(s): Time Cruiser Flybo - reminds me of a friend's comic strip Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): the ghost and the skeleton Set/theme you would like to see: haven't thought about it Current LEGO Project: sorting all the pieces back into their sets and working out what pieces I'm missing. after that I'll make up all the sets again! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Making my friends realise that Lego is still really cool. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: science fiction, viewmasters, pez, kinders, yo-yos, smurfs, character dolls (the list goes on and on..) - I'm a pop-culture junkie!
From: shazam@flash.net (Shazam) Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 03:49:14 GMT Organization: Flashnet Communications, http://www.flash.net Name: Tim Morriss Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Little Rock, AR E-mail Address: shazam@flash.net LEGO/home page URL(s): none yet Marital Status: Single Children: none Occupation: Design Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: a long time ago # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 80 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none! This isn't a museum. # of LEGO Pieces: many thousands and thousands...haven't had time to count lately # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: early 70's collection inherited from cousins Favorite Theme(s): Expert/Technic Favorite Set(s): 8880 Super Car Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Technic worm gear. It makes new possibilities. Set/theme you would like to see: A return to sets with far fewer specialized parts. The 1776 Value Bucket is what I call a good start. Current LEGO Project: A scale model of the space shuttle, sized to accomodate the legoland space figures, with lighted cargo bay, lighted cabin, and motorized cargo bay doors. All dimensions scaled from drawings of the real thing. Currently about 3.5' long, using Technic pieces for interior structural elements, but all outside finishing using non-Technic elements. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: As a youngster, found the 8860 Auto Chassis (an $80 set, even back then) mispriced at K-Mart for $16. Fortunately this was in the days before bar code scanners. Oh yes, in more recent years, I found the 735 Basic Set ($60 normal retail) on the clearance rack at Target for $6. I guess I sound like a real cheapskate now... Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Enjoying being done with college (NOW GET TO WORK!), music, moviemaking, knowing everything about the space program, running, and occasional web page design.
From: khouser@earthlink.net (Kirk) Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 06:23:32 GMT Organization: Earthlink Network, Inc. Name: Kirk Houser Gender: m Year of Birth: 1964 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: bogus Location: Texan in exile in Atlanta LEGO/home page URL(s): none - yet Marital Status: Very Children: 2 - male (7) female (5) Occupation: Civil Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Dec. 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: jeez!! ummm 30 - 40??? # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 4 # of LEGO Pieces: 10,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Pre-DUPLO Preschool Lego Bricks (the BIG ones) circa 1966 Favorite Theme(s): Trains - Towns - Pirates - Space My son loves the same themes in reverse order of preference! My daughter loves the DUPLO play houses. Favorite Set(s): the custom locomotive I'm working on now Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s) the yellow train conductor - and anything that can be made to conform to the standard Lego train Cargo size Set/theme you would like to see: Less THEMES!!! More town buildings - and Musical Instruments so I can turn our Imperial Guards into a Marching Band! Current LEGO Project: that custom locomotive Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I had a fort assembled and in use constantly from 1977 till 1988. First it was a fort - then slightly modified into a spaceport - then into a concert stage. Three member band figures from 565 moon lander set. (drums made from the 001 gear set). Then back to a fort. Finally disassembled. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: I own an old Volvo 1800S sports coupe. I have a Volvo homepage - http://home.earthlink.net/~khouser/
From: pjg@tranquility.gyugyi.com (Paul John Gyugyi) Organization: Gyugyi Cybernetics Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 06:46:55 GMT Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Paul Gyugyi Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: It figured it'd skip the middle-aged thing and jump straight to being old. Location: Sunnyvale, California E-mail Address: paul@gyugyi.com LEGO/home page URL(s): <http://www.gyugyi.com> Marital Status: Married Children: 3 (5 yrs, 3.5 yrs, 3 months, all boys). Occupation: Digital Signal Processing On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: A.T.L. since, hmmm, '92 or so. # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Oh maybe 300. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 # of LEGO Pieces: About 1000 unique shapes, occuring in various colors and quantities. # of LEGOfests Attended: 1 (the Bay Area Pizza Party counts, right?) # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0. First LEGO Set: early "steerable" truck with yellow-claw-crane on back; Airplane made of plates. Favorite Theme(s): Unitron. Robof0rce, Imperial Guards, Aquasharks. Favorite Set(s): LL928, BT Renegade, Vector Detector. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Ice Babe, Unitron mirrorshades/cyberhelm. Set/theme you would like to see: Mayflower ship. Argonauts/Greek. Current LEGO Project: finished converting Deep Sea Preditor to a unitron model with separable front pod. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: L3G0 (a raytracing library) and my Unitron-style model instruction sheets made with it. Predicting Aquazone. Establishing the early pre-web ftp site on earthsea. Drilling holes in a blacktron minifig and adding two more arms. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Kids, reading, programming, wargaming. -- Paul Gyugyi paul@gyugyi.com http://www.gyugyi.com/ Gyugyi Cybernetics DSP, LEGO, Mountain Dew, Be, Raytracing Smiling 1.75" pieces of ABS have *no* effect on my state of mind.
From: John Wood <jwood@execpc.com> Date: Mon, 06 Jan 1997 22:47:33 -0800 Organization: Exec-PC Name: John Wood Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11 Location: Milwaukee, WI LEGO/home page URL(s): nothing yet Marital Status: single Children: 0 Occupation: Merchandise Manager for major Wisconsin retailer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: August 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 106 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none (I can't imagine not opening the box!) # of LEGO Pieces: too many to count # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 135 Building Set (1974) Favorite Theme(s): Town, Train Favorite Set(s): Metroliner, airport shuttle, gas n wash express Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s) pieces: traintrack/figure: the blonde woman in 5830 Fun Day Sundaes Set/theme you would like to see: military vehicles, more "complete" variety of town sets Current LEGO Project: ongoing building of my Lego town Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: talked my sister into giving me her Lego bricks Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: music, hifi/home theater, biking, Steve Hanks artwork
From: jlgst56+@pitt.edu (Joseph L Garlicki) Date: 8 Jan 1997 14:20:02 GMT Organization: University of Pittsburgh Name: Joe Garlicki Gender: M Year of Birth: 1975 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Pittsburgh, PA E-mail Address: jlgst56+@pitt.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: nope Children: none Occupation: student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Sept 96 (I was here for a while back in 93 & 94) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: 10,000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: FX-Star Patroller (first one I really remember) Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Castle Favorite Set(s): Technic Space Shuttle, Red Auto Chassis, King's Mountain Fortress Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): any kind of of sloped or arched bricks Set/theme you would like to see: models of actual buildings (maybe a cathedral, the white house, etc.) Current LEGO Project: thinking about building a large helicopter from the Technic Space Shuttle pieces Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: A "Gothic" cathedral containing almost 6,000 pieces! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: reading, music, taking walks, gardening
From: Richard Harris <richard@is.co.za> Date: Wed, 08 Jan 1997 15:00:40 -0800 Organization: The Internet Solution Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Richard Harris Gender: M Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Up to 16 at least! Location: Johannesburg, South Africa E-mail Address: richard@is.co.za LEGO/home page URL(s): None. (yet) Marital Status: Not single but not married ;) Children: No Occupation: Web Page Designer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Dec '95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100 and something # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None! # of LEGO Pieces: Phew # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None. *sniff* First LEGO Set: Set #40... A medium sized basic set from the late 70's Favorite Theme(s): Pirate, Castle, (soon) Divers Favorite Set(s): Skulls Eye Schooner Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The Ghostie Set/theme you would like to see: Cave Man! Current LEGO Project: To keep the dust off my built stuff Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Converting dozens of people to Lego-lism Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Toys, Playstation, Computery/Internetty things, Anime, Art Movies, People in Swimming Attire.
From: tommi@informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Thomas Stockheim) Date: 9 Jan 1997 13:41:02 GMT Organization: A poorly-installed InterNetNews site Name: Thomas Stockheim Gender: male Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Aachen,Germany E-mail Address: tommi@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: single Children: none, but play lego mainly with the 7-year old daughter of my sister Occupation: student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: none myself, ca. 20 I am allowed to play with # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none # of LEGO Pieces: not enough # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 First LEGO Set: don't remember Favorite Theme(s): castle and pirates and combining both ... Favorite Set(s): El Dorado Fortress Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Castle corner pieces Set/theme you would like to see: Bigger castles Current LEGO Project: combining caste+pirates+islanders into a city that doesn't look to weird Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Muds, Science Fiction, Computer games
From: Derek Schin <dschin@utech.net> Date: Mon, 06 Jan 1997 18:16:36 -0800 Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Derek Schin Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Usually 22, but sometimes much younger Location: Lompoc, California, USA E-mail Address: dschin@utech.net LEGO/home page URL(s): Not right this minute Marital Status: Single Children: 0 Occupation: 2Lt in US Air Force (something in the Space and Missiles career field) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Early 93 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Over 300 last time I counted # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: I've lost count # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 493, Space Command Center (the one without pre-made craters) Favorite Theme(s): Hmm, does MOC count? Otherwise, Castle, Space, Trains, Outback, WW... Favorite Set(s): 6950, Mobile Rocket Transport Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): My homemade Han Solo Set/theme you would like to see: More "real" town buildings, Castle bucket, brown & green bucket Current LEGO Project: planning Mos Eisley, or at least Docking Bay 94 (love those WW baseplates) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: LEGO Code, maybe my Millenium Falcon Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Star Wars, basketball, Star Wars, weightlifting, Star Wars, hiking, did I mention Star Wars? :Derek -- LEGO: MOC+++ CA[wp+++ fm++ bf+]+++ TR+++ SP++(6950) #+++++ S- LS A++ M+ YB74m
From: David Blakeslee <dblake@triton.net> Date: Wed, 08 Jan 1997 18:35:22 -0800 Organization: Humanity at large Name: Curt Blakelsee Gender: m Year of Birth: 1987 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: still an outer child Location: Wyoming MI LEGO/home page URL(s): none - yet Marital Status: not! Child: currently Occupation: 4th grader On R.T.L (A.T.L) since: Dec. 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 10 of my own, about 60 altogether # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: many hundreds # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Grid Trekkor Favorite Theme(s): Exploriens, UFO (from the pictures) Favorite Set(s): UFO Saucer, Explorien Starship Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Grey bird, Bonehead the skeleton, Tim the Time Cruiser, Nova Hunter Set/theme you would like to see: Time Police Current LEGO Project: playing with them! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Built Technic Shock Cycle all by myself Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Science, astronomy, computers
From: lou@pause.com (Lou Zucaro)
Date: Wed, 01 Jan 1997 19:37:45 GMT
Organization: Pause Magazine
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Lou Zucaro
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1967
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8
Location: Schaumburg, IL USA
E-mail Address: lou@pause.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): LEGO:
http://www.pause.com/toys/lego/legohome.htm
HOME: http://www.pause.com
Marital Status: Married
Children: Mikey (cockatiel, a little over 1 year old)
Occupation: Computer Game Producer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 12/26/94
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 491
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: ~100
# of LEGO Pieces: ~75,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 1 (Chicago, hosted by Minx Kelly)
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: 190 - Building Set with People
Favorite Theme(s): Town, Pirates, Trains
Favorite Set(s): Galaxy Explorer, Eldorado Fortress, Airport Shuttle
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Classic Space Mini-Fig
Set/theme you would like to see: Egyptians with Pyramids!
Current LEGO Project: Figuring out where to store what I got for
Christmas...
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Starting the RTL Roll Call; Getting LEGO
to release Wild West months early (unintentionally, and this is
according to somebody who worked for LEGO).
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computer games; movies!; cooking; Star
Wars
See ya...
Lou Zucaro
http://www.pause.com
LEGO: FS+(1819) TO+++1(6399) BO+++(709) TR+++(4558) PA+(6416)
SP+++2(497) CA+++(6071) PI+++c(6276) AQ+++3c(6195) TC++(8857)
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"I...I think he was a mandroid."
From: koesel@engin.umich.edu (Mark Koesel)
Date: 7 Jan 1997 03:48:43 GMT
Organization: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Mark Koesel
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 72
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 3/Insane
Location: Ann Arbor, Mi USA
E-mail Address: koesel@umich.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): maybe some day
Marital Status: maybe some day
Children: maybe some day
Occupation: hopefully some day (still a student)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Dec 96
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~150
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: ~15000-20000?
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: (72-85) Early BASIC set; (96-) 8230 Police Buggy
Favorite Theme(s): Technic
Favorite Set(s): 956 Auto Chassis
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Gear Reduction Unit; Flex System
Set/theme you would like to see:
Technic Subthemes. In fact I'd love to get a whole technic
Town, or even better, space theme going. Unfortunately, this
would probably be tough to market (and the sets would cost
a fortune.). But, I'm imagining something like taking some
existing LegoLand sets and enlarging them, and adding detail
and, most importantly, more realism. And the best part, we'd
finally get some other types of techic figures. And imagine
A technic building with lights and working features, appliances
or whatrever.
Dinosaurs. Automated Walking and moving arms legs and tails.
Give us as many specialized pieces as you need to, just make
them real.
Current LEGO Project: Just getting back into technic after ten
years of absence from lego. I've bought 15 technic sets over
the past two months. I'm building a 6 wheeled buggy using the
large offroad technic tires. It has 4 wheel steering and
suspension for each wheel.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Well, none as far as this group. But
I have done some cool things back as a kid, like building a 4
wheel drive, 4 wheel steering, fully indepently suspended vehicle
back in 83 or so. Lets see, what else. A robot arm with rotating
wrist and elbow (rotating, not just bending). A 6 foot freighter
based on scaling up the lego 'fire fighter' boat.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, software engineering, drawing
biking, writing poetry.
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(.:.) Mark G. Koesel I don't believe in family values because hey, (:.:)
(.:.) koesel@umich.edu you can't really put a price on your mom. (:.:)
(.:.) Thorn InSide Administrator for the Psychic Friends Network (:.:)
(.:.) BEWARE OF DOG AfxTakeOverWorld(TW_WIN95 | TW_WINNT); (:.:)
From: 73261.530@compuserve.com (Eric Lukac-Kuruc) Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 23:06:33 GMT Organization: Sprynet News Service Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Eric Lukac-Kuruc Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1959 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Varying widely and abruptly. Location: Belgium E-mail Address:73261.530@compuserve.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/eric_lukac_kuruc/space.htm Marital Status: Not but Yes Children: Mike 11, Alessa 7 Occupation: Electronic Designer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: mid 96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: No idea ... a lot # of Unopened Sets in Collection: around 50 # of LEGO Pieces: more than 40 storage boxes # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0, Windsor or Carlsbad planned. First LEGO Set: An electric train with the blue rails. Favorite Theme(s): As long as there are minifigs. Favorite Set(s): Can't decide Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The miniature electric motor Set/theme you would like to see: Sci-fi instead of Space Current LEGO Project: none Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:
From: jkraling@iastate.edu (JS Kraling) Date: 3 Jan 1997 16:25:08 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa USA Name: Joshua S. Kraling Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1975 Status of Inner Child: Still a Child Location: Central Iowa E-mail Address: jkraling@iastate.edu LEGO/homepage URL(s): http://www.public.iastate.edu/~jkraling Marital Status: Single, but attached Occupation: Student/Mac and PC consultant On RTL Since: August 1996 # Sets in LEGO Collection: prolly 25 # Unopened Sets: Zero # of LEGO Pieces: a Lot...I've never bothered to count them # of LEGOfests Attended: Zero # of LEGO Theme Parks Attended: Zero First LEGO Set: A really big universal set with yellow bricks and a batt. pack Favorite Themes: Castle, Outback now Favorite Sets: Wolfpack Renegades, Dark Forest Fortress Favorite Pieces/Minifigs: The set I made that looks like the guys of of the movie "Ladyhawke" Set I would like to see: Tub 'o' Tiles with grey and black tiles,